Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: remove python 3.9 dependency for compiling msm

Jani Nikula
2024-05-08T08:44:04Z

On Tue, 07 May 2024, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinc.com> wrote:
> Since commit 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa"),
> compilation is broken on machines having python versions older than 3.9
> due to dependency on argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.

Is it now okay to require Python for the build? Not listed in
Documentation/process/changes.rst.

BR,
Jani.

>
> Switch to use simple bool for the validate flag to remove the dependency.
>
> Fixes: 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa")
> Signed-off-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinc.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py
> index fc3bfdc991d2..3926485bb197 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py
> @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class Parser(object):
> self.variants.add(reg.domain)
>
> def do_validate(self, schemafile):
> - if self.validate == False:
> + if not self.validate:
> return
>
> try:
> @@ -948,7 +948,8 @@ def main():
> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
> parser.add_argument('--rnn', type=str, required=True)
> parser.add_argument('--xml', type=str, required=True)
> - parser.add_argument('--validate', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
> + parser.add_argument('--validate', default=False, action='store_true')
> + parser.add_argument('--no-validate', dest='validate', action='store_false')
>
> subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
> subparsers.required = True

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Jani Nikula, Intel