Re: [RFC PATCH] qapi: Incorrect attempt to fix building with MC146818RTC=n

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 31/12/19 19:49, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> When configured with --without-default-devices and setting
> MC146818RTC=n, the build fails:
> 
>     LINK    x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64
>   /usr/bin/ld: qapi/qapi-commands-misc-target.o: in function `qmp_marshal_rtc_reset_reinjection':
>   qapi/qapi-commands-misc-target.c:46: undefined reference to `qmp_rtc_reset_reinjection'
>   /usr/bin/ld: qapi/qapi-commands-misc-target.c:46: undefined reference to `qmp_rtc_reset_reinjection'
>   collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>   make[1]: *** [Makefile:206: qemu-system-x86_64] Error 1
>   make: *** [Makefile:483: x86_64-softmmu/all] Error 2
> 
> This patch tries to fix this, but this is incorrect because QAPI
> scripts only provide TARGET definitions, so with MC146818RTC=y we
> get:
> 
>   hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c:113:6: error: no previous prototype for ‘qmp_rtc_reset_reinjection’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>     113 | void qmp_rtc_reset_reinjection(Error **errp)
>         |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
>   make[1]: *** [rules.mak:69: hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.o] Error 1
> 
> Any idea? :)

Adding a stub seems like a good alternative.  Is the purpose of this to
change MicroVM's select directive to imply?

Paolo