From: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
Cc: linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.28-git4 - powerpc - drivers build fails with !CONFIG_VIOPATH
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:54:41 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090104182441.GA5086@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5414eaef99b7392a95f6e3488b81dbf7@bga.com>
* Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> [2009-01-04 02:54:15]:
> In-Reply-To: <20090103191359.GA9304@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>> config SCSI_IBMVSCSI
>> tristate "IBM Virtual SCSI support"
>> - depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES
>> + depends on (PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES) && VIOPATH
>> select SCSI_SRP_ATTRS
>> help
>> This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Client
>
> As VIOPATH is iSeries code and is only used by the iSeries code, the
> requirment should be
>
> depends on PPC_PSERIES || (PPC_ISERIES && VIOPATH)
>
> except VIOPATH isn't selectable:
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig:
>
> config VIOPATH
> bool
> depends on VIODASD || VIOCD || VIOTAPE || ISERIES_VETH
> default y
>
> so instead we should be adding
>
> select VIOPATH if PPC_ISERIES
>
> to SCSI_IBMVSCSI and just
>
> select VIOPATH
>
> to HVC_ISERIES as it depends on PPC_ISERIES
>
> otherwise you have to enable one driver to get these other drivers.
>
> milton
>
Hi Milton,
Thanks for the review comments, I am resending the patch with the
changes you have recommended.
Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
--
drivers/char/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 1697043..b8da09a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ config HVC_ISERIES
default y
select HVC_DRIVER
select HVC_IRQ
+ select VIOPATH
help
iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index b732297..256c7be 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ config SCSI_IBMVSCSI
tristate "IBM Virtual SCSI support"
depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES
select SCSI_SRP_ATTRS
+ select VIOPATH if PPC_ISERIES
help
This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Client
--
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-04 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-04 8:54 [PATCH] 2.6.28-git4 - powerpc - drivers build fails with !CONFIG_VIOPATH Milton Miller
2009-01-04 12:12 ` Stephen Rothwell
2009-01-04 18:24 ` Kamalesh Babulal [this message]
2009-01-05 13:33 ` Milton Miller
2009-01-06 7:25 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2009-01-06 7:31 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-01-06 9:38 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2009-01-06 10:46 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-01-06 15:57 ` Kamalesh Babulal
2009-01-06 16:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
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2009-01-03 19:13 Kamalesh Babulal
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