From: viresh.kumar@linaro.org (Viresh Kumar)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:47:53 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150911081753.GK9650@linux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1768766.yu1lxjsjLL@wuerfel>
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@arndb.de>
> ---
> 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.
--
viresh
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From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Pi-Cheng Chen <pi-cheng.chen@linaro.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:47:53 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150911081753.GK9650@linux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1768766.yu1lxjsjLL@wuerfel>
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@arndb.de>
> ---
> 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.
--
viresh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-11 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-11 8:15 cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:17 ` Viresh Kumar [this message]
2015-09-11 8:17 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 8:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:25 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 8:25 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 8:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 8:38 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 8:38 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 9:34 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 9:34 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 9:40 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 9:40 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 9:58 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 9:58 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 10:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 10:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 10:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 10:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-09-11 10:19 ` Viresh Kumar
2015-09-11 10:19 ` Viresh Kumar
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