Re: [PATCH] drm/etnaviv: add thermal dependency

Lucas Stach
2017-04-24T10:44:54Z

Am Mittwoch, den 19.04.2017, 20:11 +0200 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> When CONFIG_THERMAL is enabled as a loadable module, and etnaviv is
> built-in, we get a link error:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.o: In function `etnaviv_gpu_bind':
> etnaviv_gpu.c:(.text.etnaviv_gpu_bind+0x34): undefined reference to `thermal_of_cooling_device_register'
> etnaviv_gpu.c:(.text.etnaviv_gpu_bind+0xe0): undefined reference to `thermal_cooling_device_unregister'
> drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.o: In function `etnaviv_gpu_unbind':
> etnaviv_gpu.c:(.text.etnaviv_gpu_unbind+0xf0): undefined reference to `thermal_cooling_device_unregister'
>
> This adds a Kconfig dependency to prevent etnaviv from being built-in
> with CONFIG_THERMAL=m, while still allowing the valid configurations.
> Unfortunately, simply adding the dependency here breaks Kconfig through
> a dependency loop involving lots of symbols all the way until ACPI_VIDEO,
> which is the only video driver that explicitly selects 'THERMAL'. Turning
> this into a 'depends on' addresses the problem.
> For completeness, I'm also removing the redundant 'select THERMAL'
> from INTEL_MENLOW, so no other driver uses that statement.
>
> Fixes: bcdfb5e56dc5 ("drm/etnaviv: add etnaviv cooling device")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

This patch mixes a few things, so the subject doesn't really fit. I'm
fine with taking the patch trough my tree, if I can get an ACK on the
ACPI part.

Regards,
Lucas