Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: apuv2: fix input dependencies

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 2:50 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 05.03.19 09:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
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> hmm, if circular deps happen, wouldn't that mean we've got some deeper
> problems in here ? IMHO, dependencies should always form a DAG (except
> for some really rare cases).
>
> Do you recall any actual problem w/ input vs gpio vs. drivers ?
> I'd like to have a closer look at it.

Not with gpio. Most of the circular dependencies I've seen tend to
revolve around drivers/gpu/drm, which uses more 'select' statements
than most other subsystems. Those dependencies often touch
backlight, acpi, fbdev and other things then.

       Arnd