RE: [PATCH] pci-label: Fix build failure when CONFIG_NLS is set to'm' by allmodconfig

From: Narendra_K
Date: Thu Mar 31 2011 - 05:27:55 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Barnes [mailto:jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:25 PM
> To: Randy Dunlap
> Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi; Iyer, Shyam; mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; K, Narendra;
> viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-next@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Domsch, Matt; Rose,
> Charles; Hargrave, Jordan
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci-label: Fix build failure when CONFIG_NLS is set to
> 'm' by allmodconfig
>
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:45:57 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:39:46 +0900 OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> >
> > > Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > >> config PCI_LABEL
> > > >> bool
> > > >> select NLS
> > > >> depends on (DMI || ACPI)
> > > >
> > > > What sets/enables it then?
> > > > or did you mean:
> > > > def_bool y
> > > > and in that case, should it be a user-visible & user-changeable kconfig
> option?
> > >
> > > Whoops, last line was missed by copy&paste. It meant
> > >
> > > config PCI_LABEL
> > > bool
> > > select NLS
> > > depends on (DMI || ACPI)
> > > default y
> > >
> > > And no, it shouldn't be user-changeable (it would be better to
> > > invisible in .config. At make *config, already invisible.). Because
> > > PCI_LABEL is not user config and not used in Makefile.
> > >
> > > And yeah, if you like def_bool
> > >
> > > config PCI_LABEL
> > > def_bool y if (DMI || ACPI)
> > > select NLS
> > >
> > > I guess it would work (it should be just syntax sugar and equivalent).
> >
> >
> > This patch seems to work for me. Thanks.
> >
> > ---
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Create a kconfig option symbol for PCI_LABEL and enable it when DMI ||
> > ACPI are enabled.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/Kconfig | 4 +++-
> > drivers/pci/Makefile | 4 ++--
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20110328.orig/drivers/pci/Kconfig
> > +++ linux-next-20110328/drivers/pci/Kconfig
> > @@ -88,4 +88,6 @@ config PCI_IOAPIC
> > depends on HOTPLUG
> > default y
> >
> > -select NLS if (DMI || ACPI)
> > +config PCI_LABEL
> > + def_bool y if (DMI || ACPI)
> > + select NLS
> > --- linux-next-20110328.orig/drivers/pci/Makefile
> > +++ linux-next-20110328/drivers/pci/Makefile
> > @@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TILE) += setup-bus.o setup- # ACPI
> > Related PCI FW Functions # ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance and
> > string name #
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += pci-acpi.o pci-label.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += pci-acpi.o
> >
> > # SMBIOS provided firmware instance and labels
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_DMI) += pci-label.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_LABEL) += pci-label.o
> >
> > # Cardbus & CompactPCI use setup-bus
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) += setup-bus.o
> >
>
> Applied to my fixes branch, thanks Randy & Hirofumi-san.

Jesse, Randy and Hirofumi-san,

Sorry for the late response and the build failure. Thank you for the patch to fix this.

With regards,
Narendra K






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