Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] firmware: QCOM_SCM: Allow qcom_scm driver to be loadable as a permenent module

[John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 6:51 AM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:53:47PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> > Alternatively, I'm considering trying to switch the module dependency
> > annotation so that the CONFIG_QCOM_SCM modularity depends on ARM_SMMU
> > being a module. But that is sort of putting the restriction on the
> > callee instead of the caller (sort of flipping the meaning of the
> > depends), which feels prone to later trouble (and with multiple users
> > of CONFIG_QCOM_SCM needing similar treatment, it would make it
> > difficult to discover the right combination of configs needed to allow
> > it to be a module).
> >
> > Anyway, I wanted to reach out to see if you had any further ideas
> > here. Sorry for letting such a large time gap pass!
>
> Well we can always go with your original hack, if it helps?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20200714075603.GE4277@willie-the-truck/

Yea. After trying a few more ideas that didn't pan out, I think I'm
going to fall back to that. :(

thanks
-john