Re: [PATCH v3] UML: pata_cs5536: fix build for X86_32 UML with TRACEPOINTS

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Christoph,

On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 8:20 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 03:55:07PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Sun, 2023-04-09 at 18:13 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > Current build of pata_cs5536 for i386 UML fails with:
> > >
> > > ERROR: modpost: "__tracepoint_write_msr" [drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: modpost: "do_trace_write_msr" [drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: modpost: "__tracepoint_read_msr" [drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: modpost: "do_trace_read_msr" [drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.ko] undefined!
> > >
> > > Add the arch/x86/lib/msr.o binary to resolve these undefined symbols.
> > >
> >
> > Hm. Does this make sense? I can't see it'd work on UML to configure an
> > IDE device through MSRs? Surely that can't work? IOW, that entire driver
> > can't really work anyway can it?
> >
> > OTOH, maybe theoretically it could work in PCI, just not with MSRs, and
> > then this patch makes some sense?
>
> I think it is is integrated into actual Geode SOCs.  That being
> said something like the patch below seems as simple as it gets and
> at least gives build coverage on uml

CS5536 is the Geode Companion Device, i.e. the South Bridge, which
can be used with other devices, AFAIK.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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