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From: Solomon Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>
To: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [firmware_class] Fix compile with no builtin firmware
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:01:10 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121121140109.GA7549@shaftnet.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121121093528.4fe11c26@tom-ThinkPad-T410>

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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:35:28AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Solomon, I can't duplicate the build failure with your .config on 3.7-rc5-next.

Okay, so it's since been fixed.  

> >  * The #ifdef wraps code that pertains solely to built-in firmware, (ie 
> >    CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL) and has an #else path for when it's disabled.
> >  * There is no point in a CONFIG_FW_LOADER test inside firmware_class.c 
> >    when the file isn't even compiled unless CONFIG_FW_LOADER is defined.
> 
> Enabling CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE still can make one firmware built in kernel
> even though CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't defined, so your patch will break
> this case.

So... isn't the logical solution here to make CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMARE 
depend on (or enable) CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL?  After all, the two are 
apparently related.

I can update my patch to include this, and rewrite the commit message so 
it's relevant to modern kernels, or I can just drop this and forget the 
whole affair.

 - Solomon
-- 
Solomon Peachy        		       pizza at shaftnet dot org	 
Melbourne, FL                          ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-21 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-20 14:45 [PATCH] [firmware_class] Fix compile with no builtin firmware Solomon Peachy
2012-11-20 16:01 ` Ming Lei
2012-11-20 16:10   ` Solomon Peachy
2012-11-20 16:33     ` Greg KH
2012-11-20 18:12       ` Solomon Peachy
2012-11-21  1:35         ` Ming Lei
2012-11-21 14:01           ` Solomon Peachy [this message]
2012-11-22  1:45             ` Ming Lei
2012-11-22  2:15               ` Solomon Peachy
2012-11-22  2:42                 ` Ming Lei

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