Re: [PATCH] lib/fonts: Allow Sparc console 8x16 font for sparc64 early boot text console

From: Dr. David Alan Gilbert
Date: Thu Mar 07 2024 - 14:16:15 EST


* Andreas Larsson (andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Allow FONT_SUN8x16 when EARLYFB is enabled for sparc64, even when
> FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not to avoid the following warning for this case
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for FONT_SUN8x16
> Depends on [n]: FONT_SUPPORT [=y] && (FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE [=n] && (FONTS [=n] || SPARC [=y]) || BOOTX_TEXT)
> Selected by [y]:
> - EARLYFB [=y] && SPARC64 [=y]
>
> by allowing it in the same manner as is done for powerpc in commit
> 0ebc7feae79a ("powerpc: Use shared font data").

Yeh that looks like it should do it; I was hoping there was a way to make
that line simpler, but hey, thanks for fixing it.

Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 0f1991949d9b ("sparc: Use shared font data")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202402241539.epQT43nI-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The commit this fixes can be found on my for-next branch from
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/alarsson/linux-sparc.git/
> ---
> lib/fonts/Kconfig | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/fonts/Kconfig b/lib/fonts/Kconfig
> index 7ee468ef21ec6..7e945fdcbf115 100644
> --- a/lib/fonts/Kconfig
> +++ b/lib/fonts/Kconfig
> @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ config FONT_10x18
>
> config FONT_SUN8x16
> bool "Sparc console 8x16 font"
> - depends on (FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && (FONTS || SPARC)) || BOOTX_TEXT
> + depends on (FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && (FONTS || SPARC)) || \
> + BOOTX_TEXT || EARLYFB
> help
> This is the high resolution console font for Sun machines. Say Y.
>
>
> base-commit: 626db6ee8ee1edac206610db407114aa83b53fd3
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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