Re: [PATCH v3] drm/bridge/sii8620: fix dependency on extcon

[Randy Dunlap]

On 5/15/21 5:09 AM, Robert Foss wrote:
> Hey Randy,
> 
> I missed sending out a notification, but this patch was merged into
> drm-misc-next.
> 
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc/commit/?id=08319adbdde15ef7cee1970336f63461254baa2a

OK, thanks, Robert.

I was mainly asking because the 0day bot sent out a build failure
that this patch fixes, but it was dated 2021-MAY-05, so I guess I can
just ignore it, since it is so old. :)


> On Sat, 15 May 2021 at 07:35, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/19/21 10:54 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 4/19/21 10:10 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> On 4/19/21 2:01 AM, Robert Foss wrote:
>>>>> The DRM_SIL_SII8620 kconfig has a weak `imply` dependency
>>>>> on EXTCON, which causes issues when sii8620 is built
>>>>> as a builtin and EXTCON is built as a module.
>>>>>
>>>>> The symptoms are 'undefined reference' errors caused
>>>>> by the symbols in EXTCON not being available
>>>>> to the sii8620 driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: 688838442147 ("drm/bridge/sii8620: use micro-USB cable detection logic to detect MHL")
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> LKP reported issue:
>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202104040604.SSTe2Cxf-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes since v1:
>>>>>  - Fix typo on comment
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes since v2:
>>>>>  - Randy: Changed from `depends` to `select`
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why my name is on that. I didn't
>>>> suggest any change -- I just reported that v2
>>>> had a problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
>>>>> index 22a467abd3e9..70402da5cc70 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
>>>>> @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ config DRM_SIL_SII8620
>>>>>     tristate "Silicon Image SII8620 HDMI/MHL bridge"
>>>>>     depends on OF
>>>>>     select DRM_KMS_HELPER
>>>>> -   imply EXTCON
>>>>> +   select EXTCON
>>>>>     depends on RC_CORE || !RC_CORE
>>>>>     help
>>>>>       Silicon Image SII8620 HDMI/MHL bridge chip driver.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Works For Me.
>>>>
>>>> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # build-tested
>>>
>>> Actually I can upgrade that to:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Is anyone merging this patch?
>>
>> thanks.
>> --


-- 
~Randy