Re: [PATCH] drm/panel: fix novatek-nt36536 dependencies
From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Sun Sep 27 2026 - 18:52:27 EST
On 9/25/26 15:01, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
The recently added driver requires access to DSC helper code
and fails to link without that:
ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: drm_dsc_pps_payload_pack
referenced by panel-novatek-nt36536.c:109 (/home/arnd/arm-soc/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36536.c:109)
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36536.o:(novatek_prepare) in archive vmlinux.a
Add the usual Kconfig dependency.
Fixes: 75a5dbd1f4f7 ("drm/panel: Add Novatek NT36536 panel driver")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
index 6874752a1901..8bf7911d2a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ config DRM_PANEL_NOVATEK_NT36536
depends on OF
depends on DRM_MIPI_DSI
depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+ select DRM_DISPLAY_DSC_HELPER
+ select DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
select DRM_KMS_HELPER
help
Say Y here if you want to enable support for Novatek NT36536-based
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Neil