Re: Unable to find module location

[Sumitra Sharma <sumitraartsy@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 02:43:21PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 01:40:48AM -0700, Sumitra Sharma wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was trying to recopmile the driver using the command "make menuconfig".
> > This opens the text-based UI and I wanted to locate and make NVEC_PAZ00
> > as a module whose location is as follows:
> > 
> >   │                                                                                                                  │
> >   │ Symbol: NVEC_PAZ00 [=n]                                                                                          │
> >   │ Type  : tristate                                                                                                 │
> >   │ Defined at drivers/staging/nvec/Kconfig:45                                                                       │
> >   │   Prompt: Support for OEM specific functions on Compal PAZ00 based devices                                       │
> >   │   Depends on: STAGING [=y] && MFD_NVEC [=n] && LEDS_CLASS [=y]                                                   │
> >   │   Location:                                                                                                      │
> >   │     -> Device Drivers                                                                                            │
> >   │ (3)   -> Staging drivers (STAGING [=y])                                                                          │
> >   │         -> NV Tegra Embedded Controller SMBus Interface (MFD_NVEC [=n])                                          │
> >   │           -> Support for OEM specific functions on Compal PAZ00 based devices (NVEC_PAZ00 [=n])
> > 
> >   But under "Staging drivers" there is no such thing called "NV Tegra Embedded Controller SMBus Interface (MFD_NVEC [=n])".
> > 
> >   --- Staging drivers                                                                       │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   RealTek RTL8192U Wireless LAN NIC driver                                            │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   Support for rtllib wireless devices                                                 │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   Realtek PCI-E Card Reader RTS5208/5288 support                                      │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   Silicon Motion SM750 framebuffer support                                            │ │
> >   │ │                    [*]   Media staging drivers  ----                                                         │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   GCT GDM724x LTE support                                                             │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   Support for small TFT LCD display modules  ----                                     │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   KeyStream KS7010 SDIO support                                                       │ │
> >   │ │                    <M>   Pi433 - a 433MHz radio module for Raspberry Pi                                      │ │
> >   │ │                    < >   Fieldbus Device Support  ----                                                       │ │
> >   │ │                    <M>   QLogic QLGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver Support                                            │ │
> >   │ │                    [*]   VME bridge support  --->
> >   
> > 
> >   Kindly guide me through this.
> 
> Hi Sumitra,
> You will need to use a arch specific config file and cross compile to configure
> and build this driver module.
> I just tried it with arch/arm64/configs/defconfig file and the
> aarch64-linux-gnu- compiler for my host system and was able to configure the
> driver for build.
>

Hi deepak,

Can you tell me command you are using because when adding the
arch/arm64/configs/defconfig file. I am receiving the invalid options
error.

It will be of much help. Thank you.

Regards,

Sumitra

> Deepak.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> >   Regards,
> >   
> >   Sumitra
> > 
> > 
> 
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