[RFC PATCH v2 1/3] drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a new major

Randy Dunlap rdunlap at infradead.org
Wed Nov 2 22:58:14 UTC 2022



On 11/2/22 13:34, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/accel/Kconfig b/drivers/accel/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..282ea24f90c5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/accel/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#
> +# Compute Acceleration device configuration
> +#
> +# This framework provides support for compute acceleration devices, such
> +# as, but not limited to, Machine-Learning and Deep-Learning acceleration
> +# devices
> +#
> +menuconfig ACCEL
> +	tristate "Compute Acceleration Framework"
> +	depends on DRM
> +	help
> +	  Framework for device drivers of compute acceleration devices, such
> +	  as, but not limited to, Machine-Learning and Deep-Learning
> +	  acceleration devices.
> +	  If you say Y here, you need to select the module that's right for
> +	  your acceleration device from the list below.
> +	  This framework is integrated with the DRM subsystem as compute
> +	  accelerators and GPUs share a lot in common and can use almost the
> +	  same infrastructure code.
> +	  Having said that, acceleration devices will have a different
> +	  major number than GPUs, and will be exposed to user-space using
> +	  different device files, called accel/accel* (in /dev, sysfs
> +	  and debugfs)

Please add a period at the end of the help text.

+	  and debugfs).

-- 
~Randy


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