Re: [PATCH -next] drm: sis depends on FB_SIS

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Aug 07 2008 - 21:02:45 EST


On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:09:42 +0100 (IST) Dave Airlie wrote:

>
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > cc: airlied@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > drm/sis calls mm functions in fb/sis, so make the former depend
> > on the latter.
> >
> > This one happened with FB_SIS=m, AGP_SIS=y, DRM_SYS=y.
> >
> > sis1.out:sis_mm.c:(.text+0x70014): undefined reference to `sis_free'
> > sis1.out:sis_mm.c:(.text+0x7002a): undefined reference to `sis_malloc'
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> NAK but I've no idea what the right answer is.

I sort of expected a NAK. Is OK.


> If someone asks for sisfb then sis drm uses code from it, if they don't
> ask for it it doesn't. So I want sisfb to be built in if its selected and
> sis drm is built-in.

config DRM_SIS
select FB_SIS

might do it.

> Maybe I should just rip the dependency out completely, but this patch will
> break stuff badly, if someone was using the SIS DRM without sisfb.
>
> Dave.
>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20080806.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > +++ linux-next-20080806/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ config DRM_MGA
> >
> > config DRM_SIS
> > tristate "SiS video cards"
> > - depends on DRM && AGP
> > + depends on DRM && AGP && FB_SIS
> > help
> > Choose this option if you have a SiS 630 or compatible video
> > chipset. If M is selected the module will be called sis. AGP

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~Randy
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