Re: linux-next: Tree for Oct 1 (drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o)

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/1/20 11:32 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Oct 2020, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
>> On 10/1/20 4:39 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Changes since 20200930:
>>>
>>
>> on x86_64:
>>
>> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_probe':
>> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.text+0x48): undefined reference to `__devm_regmap_init_i2c'
>> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_driver_init':
>> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.init.text+0x14): undefined reference to `i2c_register_driver'
>> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_driver_exit':
>> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.exit.text+0xd): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver'
>>
>>
>> CONFIG_I2C=m
>> CONFIG_MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C=y
>> CONFIG_MFD_SL28CPLD=y
>>
>>
>> Is linux-next missing the source code for CONFIG_MFD_SL28CPLD?
> 
> There isn't any associated source code.  It's a virtual symbol.
> 
>> The build error is caused by:
>>
>> config MFD_SL28CPLD
>> 	tristate "Kontron sl28cpld Board Management Controller"
>> 	select MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C
>>
>> that "select" when "depends on I2C" is absent/missing.
> 
> Okay, so CONFIG_MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C needs to depend on I2C too?  I made
> the assumption that 'select REGMAP_I2C' would do the right thing.

"select" never follows any dependency chains, so Yes, the other symbol
needs to depend on I2C also.


thanks.
-- 
~Randy