RE: drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:66: undefined reference to `wmidev_evaluate_method'

[Mario.Limonciello]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Dunlap [mailto:rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 12:56 PM
> To: kbuild test robot; Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: kbuild-all@xxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Darren Hart (VMware)
> Subject: Re: drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:66: undefined reference to
> `wmidev_evaluate_method'
> 
> On 04/27/2018 06:43 AM, kbuild test robot wrote:
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> > head:   0644f186fc9d77bb5bd198369e59fb28927a3692
> > commit: 25d47027e1003546bfd8964b4423cb39bc2d53e9 platform/x86: dell-
> smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together
> > date:   7 weeks ago
> > config: x86_64-randconfig-b0-04271930 (attached as .config)
> > compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-16) 7.3.0
> > reproduce:
> >         git checkout 25d47027e1003546bfd8964b4423cb39bc2d53e9
> >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> >         make ARCH=x86_64
> >
> > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> >    drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.o: In function `run_smbios_call':
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:66: undefined reference to
> `wmidev_evaluate_method'
> >    drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.o: In function `dell_smbios_wmi_probe':
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:157: undefined reference to
> `dell_wmi_get_descriptor_valid'
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:167: undefined reference to
> `dell_wmi_get_size'
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:171: undefined reference to
> `dell_wmi_get_hotfix'
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:182: undefined reference to
> `set_required_buffer_size'
> >    drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.o: In function `init_dell_smbios_wmi':
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:271: undefined reference to
> `__wmi_driver_register'
> >    drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.o: In function `exit_dell_smbios_wmi':
> >>> drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c:276: undefined reference to
> `wmi_driver_unregister'
> >
> >
> > :::::: The code at line 66 was first introduced by commit
> > :::::: 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba platform/x86: dell-smbios-
> wmi: Add new WMI dispatcher driver
> >
> > :::::: TO: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> > :::::: CC: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> To anyone contemplating this build error, there is already a fix for it from
> Mario on 2018-04-20.  (Seems odd that the patch does not show up on
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/platform-driver-x86/list/ )
> 
> See lkml.kernel.org/r/1524246131-17621-1-git-send-email-
> mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> --

I'm wondering if that is enough of a fix though.  This "new" build error is actually
with WMI stuff which might need adjusting too..?