From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030194AbWGKG5M (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:57:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030206AbWGKG5M (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:57:12 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.180]:40927 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030194AbWGKG5K (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:57:10 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HFbLq06MU+zFGQYbTL3ky1mTmhIWXROqLOV9NcP9+k3xgqlyT0LjBFDD1c+DEef8tYb1K2MlyQ9siQkUZtogLX16oRRegW0mWYJZ/IREMCqE/tUA4MDF9FLCt74r4s9NjjmtH3ZcVpOT/k97DnTFLtsBkUKpmkN8Y5tgkc7F4yw= Message-ID: <44B34BBA.4010806@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:56:58 +0800 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Reuther CC: Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: Depmod errors on 2.6.17.4/2.6.18-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm1 References: <200607100833.00461.mreuther@umich.edu> <20060710113212.5ddn42t40ks44s00@engin.mail.umich.edu> <44B27931.30609@gmail.com> <200607102327.38426.mreuther@umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <200607102327.38426.mreuther@umich.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matt Reuther wrote: > On Monday 10 July 2006 11:58 am, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: >> Matt Reuther wrote: >>> Quoting "Antonino A. Daplas" : >>>> CONFIG_FB=n, CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m should not be possible in >>>> 2.6.18-rc1-mm1 and 2.6.18-rc1. Can you run kconfig again? >>>> >>>> Tony >>> I am not at the computer right now, but I will try later. >>> >>> Here is how I got config-2.6.18-rc1-mm1. I copied this config from >>> 2.6.18-rc1, which I had created with 'make menuconfig'. I ran 'make >>> oldconfig' on the config-2.6.18-rc1 and answered the new questions to >>> generate config-2.6.18-rc1-mm1. I compiled it from there. Does 'make >>> oldconfig' not work properly anymore? >> I really don't know. I have received several bug reports where the >> main cause was that a kconfig option changed after upgrading kernels. >> >> I tested with make menuconfig, and it's not possible to set lcd/backlight >> options if CONFIG_FB is not set. >> >> Tony > > I ran 'make menuconfig' and I got the same warnings. Perhaps CONFIG_FB needs > to be part of the 'selects' line for any option that selects the backlight > support. I think the USB Apple Cinema display support, which I set as > modular, might have selected backlight. I don't need framebuffer support, so > I have that shut off. Here are the depmod warnings once again: Yes, that's the culprit. I've been thinking for some time to eliminate the framebuffer dependency from lcd/backlight. Can you try the patch I sent in another thread? Tony