Re: [patch, 2.6.26-rc2] dvb: drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/fdump firmware build error fix

From: Oliver Endriss
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 16:31:19 EST


Oliver Endriss wrote:
> Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 07:30:10PM +0200, Oliver Endriss wrote:
> > > Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >> - depends on DVB_AV7110 && !STANDALONE
> > >> + depends on DVB_AV7110 && !STANDALONE && !PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
> >
> > > If you set DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE=y, the firmware file under
> > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE_FILE must exist...
> >
> > The point of PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is to make build testing
> > with "make randconfig" possible. I think you should ACK
> > this patch, it doesn't have any downsides for users of
> > this driver.
>
> No. If randconfig deselects both STANDALONE and PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD,
> the same problem will happen again...
>
> The problem is that randconfig does not know what to do (i.e. provide a
> firmware file) when it selects DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE=y.
>
> The driver depends on STANDALONE, and that should be sufficient:

Sorry, typo: The driver depends on !STANDALONE...

> | CONFIG_STANDALONE:
> | Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that
> | need it.
>
> while CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD means:
> | CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD:
> | Say yes to avoid building firmware. Firmware is usually shipped
> | with the driver, and only when updating the firmware a rebuild
> | should be made.
>
> Imho randconfig should always set STANDALONE=y.

CU
Oliver

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