2021-10-25 16:35:29

by Janusz Dziedzic

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Subject: [PATCH] soc: qcom: qmi: add a prompt to QCOM_QMI_HELPERS

From: Alex Elder <[email protected]>

Add a prompt to the "tristate" attribute in the Kconfig file in
which QCOM_QMI_HELPERS is defined; I find it doesn't get selected
without it.

We need it in OpenWRT project, when using WiFi backports
and build ath11k driver. While ath11k driver depends on
QCOM_QMI_HELPERS we need way to enable this option in
our kernel.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <[email protected]>
---
drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
index fe3c486ae32d..16fb8e286015 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config QCOM_PDR_HELPERS
select QCOM_QMI_HELPERS

config QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
- tristate
+ tristate "Qualcomm QMI Helpers"
depends on NET

config QCOM_RMTFS_MEM
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2.25.1


2021-10-26 17:13:38

by Alex Elder

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: qmi: add a prompt to QCOM_QMI_HELPERS

On 10/25/21 11:31 AM, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
> From: Alex Elder <[email protected]>
>
> Add a prompt to the "tristate" attribute in the Kconfig file in
> which QCOM_QMI_HELPERS is defined; I find it doesn't get selected
> without it.

This was a *long* time ago!
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

The discussion that followed indicated that the thing that needs
QCOM_QMI_HELPERS should *select* it rather than *depend on it.

Will this not work for you?

-Alex

> We need it in OpenWRT project, when using WiFi backports
> and build ath11k driver. While ath11k driver depends on
> QCOM_QMI_HELPERS we need way to enable this option in
> our kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> index fe3c486ae32d..16fb8e286015 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config QCOM_PDR_HELPERS
> select QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
>
> config QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
> - tristate
> + tristate "Qualcomm QMI Helpers"
> depends on NET
>
> config QCOM_RMTFS_MEM
>

2021-10-27 05:20:50

by Janusz Dziedzic

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: qmi: add a prompt to QCOM_QMI_HELPERS

wt., 26 paź 2021 o 15:43 Alex Elder <[email protected]> napisał(a):
>
> On 10/25/21 11:31 AM, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
> > From: Alex Elder <[email protected]>
> >
> > Add a prompt to the "tristate" attribute in the Kconfig file in
> > which QCOM_QMI_HELPERS is defined; I find it doesn't get selected
> > without it.
>
> This was a *long* time ago!
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>
> The discussion that followed indicated that the thing that needs
> QCOM_QMI_HELPERS should *select* it rather than *depend on it.
>
> Will this not work for you?
>
This don't work, we can't run select from backports.
Backports drivers - ath11k for this case - build out of the tree as a
separate modules.
Eg. Today we are using kernel 5.10
and backports generated from kernel 5.15.
So our kernel 5.10 don't check CONFIG_ATH11K
This is what I see from our kernel:

Selected by [n]:
ATH11K [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && WLAN_VENDOR_ATH [=n] &&
MAC80211 [=n] && HAS_DMA [=y] && CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC [=n]

But we build backports/ath11k module which has:
depends on QCOM_QMI_HELPERS


To enable backports/ath11k build we need kernel that have
QCOM_QMI_HELPERS enabled.
Because of that we need this configurable.

BR
Janusz


> -Alex
>
> > We need it in OpenWRT project, when using WiFi backports
> > and build ath11k driver. While ath11k driver depends on
> > QCOM_QMI_HELPERS we need way to enable this option in
> > our kernel.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > index fe3c486ae32d..16fb8e286015 100644
> > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> > @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config QCOM_PDR_HELPERS
> > select QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
> >
> > config QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
> > - tristate
> > + tristate "Qualcomm QMI Helpers"
> > depends on NET
> >
> > config QCOM_RMTFS_MEM
> >
>


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Janusz Dziedzic