From nobody Mon Feb 9 11:07:25 2026 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEFDA24DFF3 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:19:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768486756; cv=none; b=OfbeD/buFLUKwCGrHHB0WuL+9iSyLucDZsLEgs+N6au8J6+o9+RG8weh7NiHNfym9jahX4T3vZlu7piT6JSI679zua8hfJtFl22yCgRBRxvQZUozxhdMH0OvdeJ4Ipz6QjX22iNXOupEDrtJvENzG97tXahivYvFLCFYPTzZJCo= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768486756; c=relaxed/simple; bh=pWUeC5XwpHt345POCffonM3JoEkuiJzU1XWdO/wi0Bo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=RanimgsdESRLFXxShQDRUybMtXU+cFKGNZjpYtDWaCjMNaQSiQ4JTM0Ichdfu/L+wlVG4/SufPF3M8TTrPIr6HaN/wyLDq7wdWfWp9ByRWWgGUlXAb8jqNR1Syuf36ZbRKpE2/vMBT7a8ec51qIbopx6E06/ntKmCty1Qa/uVNI= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC355C116D0; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:19:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Jassi Brar , Anup Patel , Rahul Pathak , Paul Walmsley Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , Anup Patel Subject: [PATCH v2] mailbox: Improve RISCV_SBI_MPXY_MBOX guidance Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:19:11 +0100 Message-ID: <056a7d9af85a20633e54602b2c4d2c3bbbaadd78.1768486684.git.geert+renesas@glider.be> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" RISC-V SBI Message Proxy (MPXY) Mailbox support defaults to enabled, but the help text states "If unsure say N". Recommend enabling this driver, as it is a very critical RISC-V driver providing mailbox channels to other drivers such as clock, system MSIs, etc. Fixes: bf3022a4eb119c6b ("mailbox: Add RISC-V SBI message proxy (MPXY) base= d mailbox driver") Suggested-by: Anup Patel Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Reviewed-by: Anup Patel --- This is v2 of "[PATCH] mailbox: RISCV_SBI_MPXY_MBOX should be disabled by default". v2: - Change the config description instead of changing to not enabled by default, as requested by Anup. --- drivers/mailbox/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig b/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig index e47cb68989267881..c27c1097db21be27 100644 --- a/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ config RISCV_SBI_MPXY_MBOX Mailbox driver implementation for RISC-V SBI Message Proxy (MPXY) extension. This mailbox driver is used to send messages to the remote processor through the SBI implementation (M-mode firmware - or HS-mode hypervisor). Say Y here if you want to have this support. - If unsure say N. + or HS-mode hypervisor). Say Y here, unless you are sure you do not + need this. =20 endif --=20 2.43.0