Re: [PATCH] fbdev: sh7760fb: require FB=y to build cleanly

Hi Geert,


On 9/22/23 00:23, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Randy,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 10:43 PM Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Fix build errors when CONFIG_FB=m and CONFIG_FB_SH7760=y:
>>
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o: in function `sh7760fb_probe':
>> sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x374): undefined reference to `framebuffer_alloc'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x394): undefined reference to `fb_videomode_to_var'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x3a0): undefined reference to `fb_alloc_cmap'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x3a4): undefined reference to `register_framebuffer'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x3ac): undefined reference to `fb_dealloc_cmap'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x434): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o: in function `sh7760fb_remove':
>> sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x800): undefined reference to `unregister_framebuffer'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x804): undefined reference to `fb_dealloc_cmap'
>> sh2-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x814): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0xc): undefined reference to `fb_io_read'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x10): undefined reference to `fb_io_write'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x2c): undefined reference to `cfb_fillrect'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x30): undefined reference to `cfb_copyarea'
>> sh2-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x34): undefined reference to `cfb_imageblit'
>>
>> Fixes: 4a25e41831ee ("video: sh7760fb: SH7760/SH7763 LCDC framebuffer driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
>> @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ config FB_COBALT
>>
>>  config FB_SH7760
>>         bool "SH7760/SH7763/SH7720/SH7721 LCDC support"
>> -       depends on FB && (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7760 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 \
>> +       depends on FB=y && (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7760 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 \
>>                 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7720 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7721)
>>         select FB_IOMEM_HELPERS
>>         help
> 
> Any reason this can't become tristate instead?
> drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c uses module_platform_driver(), and
> already has all needed MODULE_*().

That's what I tried to ask here:
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
but nobody replied to that.

-- 
~Randy