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Date:	Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:29:17 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6.26 patch] fix the request_firmware() dummy

From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>

> the build (.config attached) failed, make ends with :
> ...
>   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
>   CC      init/version.o
>   LD      init/built-in.o
>   LD      vmlinux
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr':
> (.text+0x33bab): undefined reference to `request_firmware'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr':
> (.text+0x33c3f): undefined reference to `release_firmware'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

There's a slight fault in the stub logic.  It fails for FW_LOADER=m and
the user =y.

This should fix it.

This patch fixes the following 2.6.26-rc regression:
  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10730

Reported-by: Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>

---

@James:
Please complain if you consider my forwarding of your patch 
inappropriate.

diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 4d10c73..6c7eff2 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct firmware {
 
 struct device;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE)
+#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || (defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
 int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
 		     struct device *device);
 int request_firmware_nowait(


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