[PATCH v8 1/3] ipmi: ssif_bmc: Add SSIF BMC driver
Quan Nguyen
quan at os.amperecomputing.com
Thu Jun 16 00:25:14 PDT 2022
On 15/06/2022 23:06, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 6/15/22 02:02, Quan Nguyen wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> index b061e6b513ed..18a89093d64e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig
>> @@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ config ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC
>> found on Aspeed SOCs (AST2400 and AST2500). The driver
>> implements the BMC side of the BT interface.
>>
>> +config SSIF_IPMI_BMC
>> + tristate "SSIF IPMI BMC driver"
>> + select I2C
>
> No. That should be:
> depends on I2C
>
> We don't select an entire subsystem just to satisfy one driver.
>
>> + select I2C_SLAVE
>> + help
>> + This enables the IPMI SMBus system interface (SSIF) at the
>> + management (BMC) side.
>> +
>> + The driver implements the BMC side of the SMBus system
>> + interface (SSIF).
>> +
>
> Thanks.
Thanks Randy,
it should be change to "depends on I2C && I2C_SLAVE"
Thanks,
- Quan
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