[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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