Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH next] drm/i915: fix build error without ACPI

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH next] drm/i915: fix build error without ACPI

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@huawei.com> wrote:
> If CONFIG_ACPI=n and CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m, compilation complains
> with undefined references:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.o: In function `intel_backlight_device_register':
> intel_panel.c:(.text+0x4dd9): undefined reference to `backlight_device_register'
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.o: In function `intel_backlight_device_unregister':
> intel_panel.c:(.text+0x4e96): undefined reference to `backlight_device_unregister'
>
> This patch select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE directly.

i915 does not unconditionally require backlight.

See e.g. [1] for the details.

BR,
Jani.


[1] http://lore.kernel.org/r/87o8veotf9.fsf@intel.com

>
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> index ba95959..6b69dab 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config DRM_I915
>  	select IRQ_WORK
>  	# i915 depends on ACPI_VIDEO when ACPI is enabled
>  	# but for select to work, need to select ACPI_VIDEO's dependencies, ick
> -	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE if ACPI
> +	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
>  	select INPUT if ACPI
>  	select ACPI_VIDEO if ACPI
>  	select ACPI_BUTTON if ACPI

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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