Re: linux-next: Tree for Feb 13 (virtio_console)

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Feb 14 2013 - 18:55:35 EST


Hi Greg,

The patch below is needed in the tty tree (which introduced CONFIG_TTY).

Also, has someone checked to see if any of the CONFIG_ symbols that had a
dependency on TTY added are selected anywhere else?

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:55:06 -0800 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 02/14/13 10:45, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 02/13/13 19:00, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >>> On 02/13/13 00:35, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Changes since 20130212:
> >>>
> >>> on i386:
> >>>
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `in_intr':
> >>> virtio_console.c:(.text+0x2dd31): undefined reference to `hvc_poll'
> >>> virtio_console.c:(.text+0x2dd41): undefined reference to `hvc_kick'
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `resize_console':
> >>> virtio_console.c:(.text+0x2e26f): undefined reference to `__hvc_resize'
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `unplug_port':
> >>> virtio_console.c:(.text+0x2e572): undefined reference to `hvc_remove'
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `init_port_console':
> >>> (.text+0x2fe59): undefined reference to `hvc_alloc'
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `virtio_cons_early_init':
> >>> (.init.text+0x16d1): undefined reference to `hvc_instantiate'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Full randconfig file is attached.
> >>
> >> This looks like an impossible config. CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y, but
> >> CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER isn't set.
> >>
> >> From drivers/char/Kconfig:
> >>
> >> config VIRTIO_CONSOLE
> >> tristate "Virtio console"
> >> depends on VIRTIO
> >> select HVC_DRIVER
> >>
> >> ???
> >
> > OK. It's probably yet another stinking problem with kvmtool and randconfig.
> > Running *config reports:
> >
> > warning: (KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE && LGUEST_GUEST) selects VIRTIO_CONSOLE which has unmet direct dependencies (VIRTIO && TTY)
> >
> >
> > I'll look a bit more...
>
> Nope, that's not it. Stephen's comments were much closer.
>
> The patch below fixes the kconfig warning and the build errors.
> ---
>
>
>
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fix kconfig warning for LGUEST_GUEST config by selecting TTY:
>
> warning: (KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE && LGUEST_GUEST) selects VIRTIO_CONSOLE which has unmet direct dependencies (VIRTIO && TTY)
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> --- linux-next-20130213.orig/arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20130213/arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config LGUEST_GUEST
> bool "Lguest guest support"
> select PARAVIRT
> depends on X86_32
> + select TTY
> select VIRTUALIZATION
> select VIRTIO
> select VIRTIO_CONSOLE

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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