[PATCH] PCI: mvebu: Mark driver as BROKEN

[Bjorn Helgaas]

[+cc linux-arm-kernel, beginning of thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230114164125.1298-1-pali@kernel.org]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 09:26:05AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Friday 04 August 2023 12:35:13 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> ...

> > For example, I have an Atheros PCIe WiFi card in an Armada 388 Clearfog
> > platform, and this works fine.
> > 
> > Uwe has a SATA controller for a bunch of disks in an Armada 370 based
> > NAS platform that is connected to PCIe, and removing PCIe support
> > effectively makes his platform utterly useless.
> > 
> > Please revert this patch.
> 
> Please do not revert it, instead start fixing problems.

We know that like all the other drivers, the mvebu driver isn't
perfect.  But I don't think effectively removing the driver completely
helps anybody.  If people try to use it and notice problems, we have a
chance to try to fix them.

Or maybe I'm missing your point.  I think you're suggesting that we
keep pci-mvebu in the tree but unselectable because it depends on
CONFIG_BROKEN.  What would be the advantage of doing that?

Bjorn