[PATCH] fwu-mdata: Allow multiple metadata storage drivers to be enabled

Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu at arm.com
Thu Feb 12 12:17:47 CET 2026


On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:56:53AM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> Change the Kconfig from a "choice" to a conditional block, allowing
> multiple FWU metadata storage drivers to be selected simultaneously
> instead of being mutually exclusive.
> 
> This enables systems with FWU metadata on different storage types
> (e.g., both GPT-partitioned block devices and MTD devices) to have
> both drivers compiled in. The board can then select the appropriate
> driver at runtime based on the devicetree description.
> 
> The change converts FWU_MDATA to a menuconfig and replaces the
> "choice/endchoice" block with "if FWU_MDATA/endif", making
> FWU_MDATA_GPT_BLK default to 'y' for backward compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent at bootlin.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at arm.com>

-sughosh

>  drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig b/drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig
> index 42736a5e43b..59571ac01ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -config FWU_MDATA
> +menuconfig FWU_MDATA
>  	bool "Driver support for accessing FWU Metadata"
>  	depends on DM
>  	help
> @@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ config FWU_MDATA
>  	  FWU Metadata partitions reside on the same storage device
>  	  which contains the other FWU updatable firmware images.
>  
> -choice
> -	prompt "Storage Layout Scheme"
> -	depends on FWU_MDATA
> -	default FWU_MDATA_GPT_BLK
> +if FWU_MDATA
>  
>  config FWU_MDATA_GPT_BLK
>  	bool "FWU Metadata access for GPT partitioned Block devices"
>  	select PARTITION_TYPE_GUID
>  	select PARTITION_UUIDS
> -	depends on FWU_MDATA && BLK && EFI_PARTITION
> +	depends on BLK && EFI_PARTITION
> +	default y
>  	help
>  	  Enable support for accessing FWU Metadata on GPT partitioned
>  	  block devices.
> @@ -28,4 +26,4 @@ config FWU_MDATA_MTD
>  	  (or non-GPT partitioned, e.g. partition nodes in devicetree)
>  	  MTD devices.
>  
> -endchoice
> +endif
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 


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