Re: [Suggestion] Makefile: about allmodconfig issue.

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Mar 08 2014 - 10:05:06 EST


On 03/08/2014 05:07 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> "A module selects GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP and depend on IRQ_DOMAIN". For me,
> it is a reasonable selection and dependency, but "make allmodconfig"
> will report error. I guess it is the "Makefile allmodconfig" issue.
>
> The related error report:
>
> [root@gchen linux-next]# make ARCH=avr32 CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/bin/avr32-linux- allmodconfig
> HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
> HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
> SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
> SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
> SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
> HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
> HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
> scripts/kconfig/conf --allmodconfig Kconfig
> kernel/time/Kconfig:162:warning: range is invalid
> kernel/irq/Kconfig:41:error: recursive dependency detected!
> kernel/irq/Kconfig:41: symbol GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP is selected by GPIO_DWAPB
> drivers/gpio/Kconfig:131: symbol GPIO_DWAPB depends on IRQ_DOMAIN
> kernel/irq/Kconfig:46: symbol IRQ_DOMAIN is selected by GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
>
>
> The related commit (7779b34 gpio: add a driver for the Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO block):
>
> +config GPIO_DWAPB
> + tristate "Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO driver"
> + select GPIO_GENERIC
> + select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
> + depends on OF_GPIO && IRQ_DOMAIN
>
>
>
> Welcome any suggestions, discussions and completions.
>
> Thanks.
>

A patch has already been submitted and applied by the subsystem maintainer.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-gpio&m=139413626320431&w=2


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~Randy
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