Re: [PATCH] drm/imagination: DRM_POWERVR should depend on ARCH_K3

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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Javier,
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 8:03 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > The Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series 6 GPU is currently only
>> > supported on Texas Instruments K3 AM62x SoCs.  Hence add a dependency on
>> > ARCH_K3, to prevent asking the user about this driver when configuring a
>> > kernel without Texas Instruments K3 Multicore SoC support.
>> >
>> > Fixes: 4babef0708656c54 ("drm/imagination: Add skeleton PowerVR driver")
>> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>>
>> Indeed. Although I wonder what is the supposed policy since for example
>> the DRM_PANFROST symbol only depends on ARM || ARM64 and others such as
>
> I think ARM Mali is sufficiently ubiquitous on ARM/ARM64 systems to
> have just an ARM/ARM64 dependency...
>

Fair.

>> DRM_ETNAVIV don't even have an SoC or architecture dependency.
>
> Vivante GPUs are found in DTS files on at least 4 architectures.
> Might be worthwhile to add some dependencies, though...
>

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

>> In any case, I agree with you that restricting to only K3 makes sense.
>
> I am looking forward to adding || SOC_AM33XX || ARCH_RENESAS || ...,
> eventually ;-)
>

Same! :)

>> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
> -- 
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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>                                 -- Linus Torvalds
>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat





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