linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 000/105] 4.9.41-stable review

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Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 19:54:52 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, shuahkh@....samsung.com, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 000/105] 4.9.41-stable review

On 08/04/2017 07:53 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 08/04/2017 04:14 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.41 release.
>> There are 105 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
>> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
>> let me know.
>>
>> Responses should be made by Sun Aug  6 23:15:23 UTC 2017.
>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>>
>> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.9.41-rc1.gz
>> or in the git tree and branch at:
>>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.9.y
>> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> randconfig build failure:
> 
> on x86_64:
> 
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `nouveau_backlight_init':
> (.text+0x11648a): undefined reference to `backlight_device_register'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `nouveau_backlight_init':
> (.text+0x1165a1): undefined reference to `backlight_device_register'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `nouveau_backlight_exit':
> (.text+0x116618): undefined reference to `backlight_device_unregister'
> /local/lnx/stable/linux-stable-rc-linux-4.9.y/Makefile:972: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed
> 
> 
> CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y
> CONFIG_NOUVEAU_DEBUG=5
> CONFIG_NOUVEAU_DEBUG_DEFAULT=3
> CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT=y
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
> CONFIG_FB_CMDLINE=y
> CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT=y
> CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y
> # CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE is not set
> # CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE is not set
> # CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set
> 
> 
> Full randconfig file is attached.
> 

and:
warning: (PMAC_BACKLIGHT && DRM_NOUVEAU && FB_TFT) selects FB_BACKLIGHT which has unmet direct dependencies (HAS_IOMEM && FB)


-- 
~Randy