linux-kernel - Re: [patch] video: build fix for drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/

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Message-ID: <20080512235445.3a56cea0@gaivota>
Date:	Mon, 12 May 2008 23:54:45 -0300
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
To:	"Michael Krufky" <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Guennadi Liakhovetski" <g.liakhovetski@...gutronix.de>,
	"Mike Isely" <isely@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] video: build fix for drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/

On Sun, 11 May 2008 08:34:06 -0400
"Michael Krufky" <mkrufky@...uxtv.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:21 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> >
> > x86.git testing found the following build failure:
> >
> >  drivers/built-in.o: In function `pvr2_dvb_feed_thread':
> >  pvrusb2-dvb.c:(.text+0x127e78): undefined reference to `dvb_dmx_swfilter'
> >  drivers/built-in.o: In function `pvr2_dvb_adapter_exit':
> >  pvrusb2-dvb.c:(.text+0x128357): undefined reference to `dvb_net_release'
> >  pvrusb2-dvb.c:(.text+0x12836f): undefined reference to `dvb_dmxdev_release'
> >  [...]
> >
> > with this config:
> >
> >  http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Sun_May_11_07_06_35_CEST_2008.bad
> >
> > the reason for the missing symbols is this combination:
> >
> >  CONFIG_VIDEO_PVRUSB2=y
> >  CONFIG_DVB_CORE=m
> >
> > i.e. pvrusb2 is built-in, dvb-core is modular.
> >
> > This patch solves the problem by adding a dependency on DVB_CORE - this
> > is used by other drivers such as au0828 as well. This way the pvrusb2
> > driver can still be built, but if dvb-core is a module then it will
> > correctly be a module as well and cannot be built-in.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/Kconfig |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Index: linux/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/Kconfig
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/Kconfig
> > +++ linux/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/Kconfig
> > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >  config VIDEO_PVRUSB2
> >        tristate "Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 support"
> > -       depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && I2C
> > +       depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && I2C && DVB_CORE
> >        select FW_LOADER
> >        select MEDIA_TUNER
> >        select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
> >
> 
> Ingo,
> 
> VIDEO_PVRUSB2 should not depend on DVB_CORE unless VIDEO_PVRUSB2_DVB
> is selected, which already depends on DVB_CORE.
> 
> For example, if a user has VIDEO_PVRUSB2_DVB not selected, then your
> patch would generate a false dependency on DVB_CORE.

Maybe we can make pvrusb2 dependent of VIDEO_MEDIA. This is a DVB_CORE ||
VIDEO_DEV. So, pvrusb should be 'm' in this case. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike Krufky




Cheers,
Mauro
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