From: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com> To: nsaenz@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stefan.wahren@i2se.com Cc: dan.carpenter@oracle.com, phil@raspberrypi.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] staging: vchiq: Add details to $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV help text Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:07:17 +0530 [thread overview] Message-ID: <9c9c128b41e31d6bebe646e052aa05c44b19eb83.1627495116.git.ojaswin98@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <cover.1627495116.git.ojaswin98@gmail.com> Add some details to the Kconfig definition of $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV to help make the motive behind it a bit more clear. Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig index 2b70c37cdd09..cb02d8a4cb74 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig @@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ config VCHIQ_CDEV bool "VCHIQ Character Driver" default y help - Enable the creation of VCHIQ character driver to help - communicate with the Videocore platform. + Enable the creation of VCHIQ character driver to help communicate + with the VideoCore platform. The cdev exposes ioctls used by + userspace libraries and testing tools to interact with VideoCore. + This can be set to 'N' if the VideoCore communication is not needed + by userspace but only by other kernel modules (like bcm2835-audio). + If not sure, set this to 'Y'. endif -- 2.25.1
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From: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com> To: nsaenz@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stefan.wahren@i2se.com Cc: dan.carpenter@oracle.com, phil@raspberrypi.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] staging: vchiq: Add details to $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV help text Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:07:17 +0530 [thread overview] Message-ID: <9c9c128b41e31d6bebe646e052aa05c44b19eb83.1627495116.git.ojaswin98@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <cover.1627495116.git.ojaswin98@gmail.com> Add some details to the Kconfig definition of $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV to help make the motive behind it a bit more clear. Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig index 2b70c37cdd09..cb02d8a4cb74 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig @@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ config VCHIQ_CDEV bool "VCHIQ Character Driver" default y help - Enable the creation of VCHIQ character driver to help - communicate with the Videocore platform. + Enable the creation of VCHIQ character driver to help communicate + with the VideoCore platform. The cdev exposes ioctls used by + userspace libraries and testing tools to interact with VideoCore. + This can be set to 'N' if the VideoCore communication is not needed + by userspace but only by other kernel modules (like bcm2835-audio). + If not sure, set this to 'Y'. endif -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-28 18:37 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-07-28 18:37 [PATCH 0/2] staging: vchiq: Minor fixups to CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:37 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:37 ` [PATCH 1/2] staging: vchiq: Set $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV to be enabled by default Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:37 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:45 ` Greg KH 2021-07-28 18:45 ` Greg KH 2021-07-28 20:06 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 20:06 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 20:21 ` Stefan Wahren 2021-07-28 20:21 ` Stefan Wahren 2021-07-29 14:20 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-29 14:20 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:37 ` Ojaswin Mujoo [this message] 2021-07-28 18:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] staging: vchiq: Add details to $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV help text Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 18:46 ` Greg KH 2021-07-28 18:46 ` Greg KH 2021-07-28 20:00 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 20:00 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-28 20:39 ` Stefan Wahren 2021-07-28 20:39 ` Stefan Wahren 2021-07-29 13:47 ` Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-29 13:47 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
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