On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 09:50:26AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > Compile-testing drivers that require access to a firmware layer > fails when that firmware symbol is unavailable. This happened > twice this week: > > - My proposed to change to rework the QCOM_SCM firmware symbol > broke on ppc64 and others. > > - The cs_dsp firmware patch added device specific firmware loader > into drivers/firmware, which broke on the same set of > architectures. > > We should probably do the same thing for other subsystems as well, > but fix this one first as this is a dependency for other patches > getting merged. > > Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Simon Trimmer <simont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > --- > Not sure how we'd want to merge this patch, if two other things > need it. I'd prefer to merge it along with the QCOM_SCM change > through the soc tree, but that leaves the cirrus firmware broken > unless we also merge it the same way (rather than through ASoC > as it is now). > > Alternatively, we can try to find a different home for the Cirrus > firmware to decouple the two problems. I'd argue that it's actually > misplaced here, as drivers/firmware is meant for kernel code that > interfaces with system firmware, not for device drivers to load > their own firmware blobs from user space. > --- > arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/arm64/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/ia64/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/mips/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/parisc/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/riscv/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 -- > drivers/Kconfig | 2 ++ > 8 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) For arm64: Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Will