Re: [PATCH] x86/Kconfig: compile 32bit drivers for COMPILE_TEST

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Aug 29 2017 - 07:45:51 EST



* Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> When COMPILE_TEST is set we should be compiling 32-bit only
> drivers and features (like ISA support etc), too.
> After all, it's a compile test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 781521b7cf9e..df61bc37b1a2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ config ISA_DMA_API
> Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
> If unsure, say Y.
>
> -if X86_32
> +if X86_32 || COMPILE_TEST
>
> config ISA
> bool "ISA support"

This is almost certainly a bad idea: if it's a compile test, why not compile test
the 32-bit kernel, which will include these drivers?

These are drivers that have probably been ever been built in 64-bit mode, and now
an allmodconfig/allyesconfig will turn them on...

Thanks,

Ingo