Re: 2.6.20-rc4-mm1: PCI=n: drivers/net/3c59x.c compile error

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Mar 06 2007 - 11:55:23 EST


On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:15:12 +0300 Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Greg KH wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>3x59x-fix-pci-resource-management.patch causes the following compile
> >>>>>>>error with CONFIG_PCI=n:
>
> >>>>>>><-- snip -->
>
> >>>>>>>...
> >>>>>>> CC drivers/net/3c59x.o
> >>>>>>>/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/drivers/net/3c59x.c:
> >>>>>>>In function 'vortex_init_one':
> >>>>>>>/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/drivers/net/3c59x.c:961:
> >>>>>>>error: implicit declaration of function 'pci_request_regions'
> >>>>>>>/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/drivers/net/3c59x.c:985:
> >>>>>>>error: implicit declaration of function 'pci_release_regions'
> >>>>>>>make[3]: *** [drivers/net/3c59x.o] Error 1
>
> >>>>>> Grr, at at the same time it's happy with pci_enable_device().
> >>>>>> I'd say the problem is in <linux/pci.h>, not in the patch.
>
> >>>>> Has there been any patch to fix the "unbalanced"
> >>>>>pci_{request|release}_regions() declarations? Am I suposed to create
> >>>>>such?
>
> >>>> Alternatively, vortex_{init|remove_one() and struct pci_driver there
> >>>>could have been put under #ifdef CONFIG_PCI (good idea anyway -- should
> >>>>reduce driver size on non-PCI systems)...
>
> >>> I wonder if I may count on any feedback on this -- asking linux-pci now...
> >>> The issue is as follows: with my patch pci_{request|release}_regions() may
> >>>be called with CONFIG_PCI=n (probably, this never has been a issue before) but
> >>><linux/pci.h> don't have them declared in this case -- unlike
> >>>pci_enable_device() which is just empty for CONFIG_PCI=n.
> >>> Now, what kind of approach do I take:
>
> >>>- a "fair one", so that pci_{request|release}_regions() get "balanced"
> >>> declarations in the header like pci_enable_device();
>
> >>>- a "local one" (and even saving non-PCI kernel from needless bloat), i.e.
> >>> #ifdef out functions that are only meaningful with CONFIG_PCI=y)?
>
> >>> I'm leaning to the second now...
>
> >>I'd prefer the fair one -- add stubs to include/linux/pci.h.
>
> > Me too, please just send me a patch adding them to pci.h so you don't
> > have to have #ifdefs in your .c code.
>
> Erm, before I do that, could somebody explain what
>
> #define HAVE_PCI_REQ_REGIONS 2
>
> accompanying their declaration is for? I have't found any references to it in
> the source. Should I duplicate it for CONFIG_PCI=n case (I guess not)?

I wouldn't since it's not used anywhere, but maybe Tejun could comment
on it...

---
~Randy
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