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drm/amd: Do not make DRM_AMD_ACP default to y

Message ID 1456301625-30112-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be (mailing list archive)
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Geert Uytterhoeven Feb. 24, 2016, 8:13 a.m. UTC
By default, not only this driver is enabled on all platforms, but also
generic PM Domains and Multi-Function Devices.

Drop the "default y" to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
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 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/acp/Kconfig | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Alex Deucher Feb. 24, 2016, 4:06 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Deucher, Alexander
> <Alexander.Deucher@amd.com> wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:geert+renesas@glider.be]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:14 AM
>>> To: David Airlie; Deucher, Alexander; Bayyavarapu, Maruthi
>>> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Geert
>>> Uytterhoeven
>>> Subject: [PATCH] drm/amd: Do not make DRM_AMD_ACP default to y
>>>
>>> By default, not only this driver is enabled on all platforms, but also
>>> generic PM Domains and Multi-Function Devices.
>>>
>>> Drop the "default y" to fix this.
>>
>> I guess I don't really care per se, but why is this an issue?
>
> Because it causes kernel bloat on all platforms that are not AMD SoCs.
> I noticed the option and the selected options were suddenly enabled when
> running "make ARCH=sh se7724_defconfig".
>
> As a general use, never use "default y", unless the system fails completely
> in the absence of the module. Even then, there should be some dependencies
> listed.

Got it.  Applied, thanks,

Alex

>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
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>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/acp/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/acp/Kconfig
index 2b07813bceede66d..0f734ee0527434b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/acp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/acp/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@  menu "ACP Configuration"
 
 config DRM_AMD_ACP
        bool "Enable ACP IP support"
-       default y
        select MFD_CORE
        select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
        help