Hi Jordan/Rob. On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 12:46:49PM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 11:08:53AM -0700, Rob Clark wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:38 AM Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jordan. > > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 11:24:27AM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote: > > > > Most use cases for DRM_MSM will prefer to build both DRM and MSM_DRM as > > > > modules but there are some cases where DRM might be built in for whatever > > > > reason and in those situations it is preferable to still keep MSM as a > > > > module by default and let the user decide if they _really_ want to build > > > > it in. > > > > > > > > Additionally select QCOM_COMMAND_DB for ARCH_QCOM targets to make sure > > > > it doesn't get missed when we need it for a6xx tarets. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <jcrouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > > > > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig | 3 ++- > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig > > > > index 9c37e4d..3b2334b 100644 > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig > > > > @@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ config DRM_MSM > > > > select SHMEM > > > > select TMPFS > > > > select QCOM_SCM if ARCH_QCOM > > > > + select QCOM_COMMAND_DB if ARCH_QCOM > > > > select WANT_DEV_COREDUMP > > > > select SND_SOC_HDMI_CODEC if SND_SOC > > > > select SYNC_FILE > > > > select PM_OPP > > > > - default y > > > > + default m > > > > > > As a general comment the right thing would be to drop this default. > > > As it is now the Kconfig says that when DRM is selected then all of the > > > world would then also get DRM_MSM, which only a small part of this world > > > you see any benefit in. > > > So they now have to de-select MSM. > > > > If the default is dropped, it should probably be accompanied by adding > > CONFIG_DRM_MSM=m to defconfig's, I think That would be best. So the defconfigs end up with the same config as before. > > In general I prefer to not use a default but this is the only GPU driver for > ARCH_QCOM and I think its safe to stay that 99% of ARCH_QCOM users would select > this module and those that wouldn't will omit DRM entirely. > > I feel it is net negative if we dropped the default but then had to turn around > and enable it in every defconfig. "in every" equals three defconfigs: $ git grep ARCH_QCOM | grep defconfig arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig:CONFIG_ARCH_QCOM=y arch/arm/configs/qcom_defconfig:CONFIG_ARCH_QCOM=y arch/arm64/configs/defconfig:CONFIG_ARCH_QCOM=y Sam