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Re: [RFC v0 1/2] interconnect: Add generic interconnect controller API

From Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC v0 1/2] interconnect: Add generic interconnect controller API
Date 2017-03-14 16:40 +0100
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On 03/03/2017 12:53 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 03/01/17 10:22, Georgi Djakov wrote:
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig b/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..103524b59905
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
>> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
>> +menuconfig INTERCONNECT
>> +	bool "On-Chip Interconnect management support"
>
> Why isn't this symbol tristate instead of bool so that the
> interconnect management support can be built as a loadable module?
>

Thanks for the comment! For simplicity, the core API currently is
only supported as a built-in, but we can definitely try making it
modular. I can do it after we get some initial feedback on if and
how this concept fits in the kernel and set the direction we want
to go.

BR,
Georgi

>
>> +	help
>> +	  Support for management of the on-chip interconnects.
>> +
>> +	  This framework is designed to provide a generic interface for
>> +          managing the interconnects in a SoC.
>> +
>> +	  If unsure, say no.
>> +
>
>

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Re: [RFC v0 1/2] interconnect: Add generic interconnect controller  API Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> - 2017-03-14 16:40 +0100

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