[PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Make important drivers default

Linus Walleij linusw at kernel.org
Mon Apr 27 13:18:33 PDT 2026


On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski at oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:

> The main SoC TLMM (Top-Level Multiplexer) pin controller drivers are
> essential for booting up SoCs and are not really optional for a given
> platform.  Kernel should not ask users choice of drivers when that
> choice is obvious and known to the developers that answer should be
> 'yes' or 'module'.
>
> Switch all Qualcomm TLMM pin controller drivers to a default 'yes' for
> ARCH_QCOM.  This has impact:
>
> 1. arm64 defconfig: enable PINCTRL_SM7150 and PINCTRL_HAWI, which were
>    not selected before but should be, because these platforms need them
>    for proper boot.
>
> 2. arm qcom_defconfig: no changes.
>
> 3. arm multi_v7 defconfig: enable drivers necessary to boot ARM 32-bit
>    platforms, which are already enabled on qcom_defconfig.
>
> 4. COMPILE_TEST builds: enable by default all drivers for arm or arm64
>    builds, whenever ARCH_QCOM is selected.  This has impact on build
>    time and feels logical, because if one selects ARCH_QCOM then
>    probably by default wants to build test it entirely.  Kernels with
>    COMPILE_TEST are not supposed to be used for booting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at oss.qualcomm.com>

Way better like this.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw at kernel.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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