Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:01:10 -0500 | From | Solomon Peachy <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [firmware_class] Fix compile with no builtin firmware |
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:35:28AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > Solomon, I can't duplicate the build failure with your .config on 3.7-rc5-next.
Okay, so it's since been fixed.
> > * The #ifdef wraps code that pertains solely to built-in firmware, (ie > > CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL) and has an #else path for when it's disabled. > > * There is no point in a CONFIG_FW_LOADER test inside firmware_class.c > > when the file isn't even compiled unless CONFIG_FW_LOADER is defined. > > Enabling CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE still can make one firmware built in kernel > even though CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't defined, so your patch will break > this case.
So... isn't the logical solution here to make CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMARE depend on (or enable) CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL? After all, the two are apparently related.
I can update my patch to include this, and rewrite the commit message so it's relevant to modern kernels, or I can just drop this and forget the whole affair.
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