Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Fri Sep 11 2015 - 04:18:06 EST


On 11-09-15, 10:15, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The newly merged cpufreq-mt8173 driver breaks the ARM allmodconfig
> build because of a dependency on the cpu-cooling infrastructure that
> may be built as a loadable module:
>
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `mtk_cpufreq_ready':
> binder.c:(.text+0x324c8c): undefined reference to `of_cpufreq_cooling_register'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `mtk_cpufreq_exit':
> binder.c:(.text+0x324ea0): undefined reference to `cpufreq_cooling_unregister'
>
> This works around the issue by allowing this driver to be built
> as a module as well, and adding a dependency on THERMAL that prevents
> it from being built-in when the cpu-cooling driver is a module.
>
> This is not perfect because there is still a case where THERMAL=m
> and CPU_COOLING=n that should allow us to have this driver built-in
> as well, but I decided to follow existing practice in other drivers
> here, and that case seems irrelevant in practice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I have not checked if someone else has already sent a patch for this,
> just ignore mine if the issue has been fixed already.

5269e7067cd6 ("cpufreq: Add ARM_MT8173_CPUFREQ dependency on THERMAL")

in Rafael's tree. Its a bit different, so have a look.
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viresh
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