Re: [PATCH 10/11] vfio-pci: introduce vfio_pci_core subsystem driver

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On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 19:08:08 +0300
Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> index 5e2e1b9a9fd3..384d06661f30 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -config VFIO_PCI
> -	tristate "VFIO support for PCI devices"
> +config VFIO_PCI_CORE
> +	tristate "VFIO core support for PCI devices"
>  	depends on VFIO && PCI && EVENTFD
>  	depends on MMU
>  	select VFIO_VIRQFD
> @@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ config VFIO_PCI
>  
>  	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
>  
> +config VFIO_PCI
> +	tristate "VFIO support for PCI devices"
> +	depends on VFIO_PCI_CORE
> +	help
> +	  This provides a generic PCI support using the VFIO framework.
> +
> +	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
> +

I think it's going to generate a lot of user and distro frustration to
hide VFIO_PCI behind a new VFIO_PCI_CORE option.  The core should be a
dependency *selected* by the drivers, not a prerequisite for the
driver.  Thanks,

Alex




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