Re: [PATCH] fbdev/sh7760fb: Depend on FB=y

Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:06:36 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel,gmane.comp.video.dri.devel,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Hi Geert

Am 25.09.23 um 09:33 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 11:45 AM Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Fix linker error if FB=m about missing fb_io_read and fb_io_write. The
>> linker's error message suggests that this config setting has already
>> been broken for other symbols.
>>
>>    All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>>
>>       sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o: in function `sh7760fb_probe':
>>       sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x374): undefined reference to `framebuffer_alloc'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x394): undefined reference to `fb_videomode_to_var'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x39c): undefined reference to `fb_alloc_cmap'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x3a4): undefined reference to `register_framebuffer'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x3ac): undefined reference to `fb_dealloc_cmap'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x434): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o: in function `sh7760fb_remove':
>>       sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x800): undefined reference to `unregister_framebuffer'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x804): undefined reference to `fb_dealloc_cmap'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: sh7760fb.c:(.text+0x814): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
>>    >> sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0xc): undefined reference to `fb_io_read'
>>    >> sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x10): undefined reference to `fb_io_write'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x2c): undefined reference to `cfb_fillrect'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x30): undefined reference to `cfb_copyarea'
>>       sh4-linux-ld: drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.o:(.rodata+0x34): undefined reference to `cfb_imageblit'
>>
>> Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
>> @@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ 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_*().

I've meanwhile fixed the immediate issue. But I don't see anything that 
would prevent the option and driver from being a tristate.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 

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