Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:29:26 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [patch 06/18] m68k: Disable Amiga serial console support if modular |
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Paul Bolle wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 21:58 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Apparently console_initcall() is not defined in the modular case. > > Yes, see include/linux/init.h: > #ifndef MODULE > [...] > #define console_initcall(fn) \ > static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \ > __used __section(.con_initcall.init) = fn > [...] > > > Any better alternative fix? > > Well, (a number of) other serial consoles cannot be selected if the > corresponding serial driver is modular. Try: > grep -B 2 -E "depends on .*=y" drivers/serial/Kconfig | \ > grep -A 2 -E "^config .*CONSOLE" > > For instance: > config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE > bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port" > depends on SERIAL_8250=y
Yes, I saw those.
> Maybe this config entry (in arch/m68k/Kconfig) could be cleaned up (or > split into multiple entries): > config SERIAL_CONSOLE > bool "Support for serial port console" > depends on (AMIGA || ATARI || MAC || SUN3 || SUN3X || VME || > APOLLO) && (ATARI_MFPSER=y || ATARI_MIDI=y || MAC_SCC=y || > AMIGA_BUILTIN_SERIAL=y || GVPIOEXT=y || MULTIFACE_III_TTY=y || SERIAL=y > || MVME147_SCC || SERIAL167 || MVME162_SCC || BVME6000_SCC || DN_SERIAL) > [...] > > That "depends on" line seems likely to lead to problems like the one you > ran into. But your patch (which I didn't test) is probably simpler.
Adding all those extra config symbols seems like a bit overkill to me...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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