linux-kernel - Re: [Suggestion] Makefile: about allmodconfig issue.

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Date:	Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:04:24 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Suggestion] Makefile: about allmodconfig issue.

On 03/08/2014 05:07 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> Hello All:
> 
> "A module selects GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP and depend on IRQ_DOMAIN". For me,
> it is a reasonable selection and dependency, but "make allmodconfig"
> will report error. I guess it is the "Makefile allmodconfig" issue.
> 
> The related error report:
> 
>   [root@...en linux-next]# make ARCH=avr32 CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/bin/avr32-linux-  allmodconfig
>     HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
>     HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
>     SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
>     SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
>     SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
>     HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
>     HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
>   scripts/kconfig/conf --allmodconfig Kconfig
>   kernel/time/Kconfig:162:warning: range is invalid
>   kernel/irq/Kconfig:41:error: recursive dependency detected!
>   kernel/irq/Kconfig:41:  symbol GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP is selected by GPIO_DWAPB
>   drivers/gpio/Kconfig:131:       symbol GPIO_DWAPB depends on IRQ_DOMAIN
>   kernel/irq/Kconfig:46:  symbol IRQ_DOMAIN is selected by GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
>   
> 
> The related commit (7779b34 gpio: add a driver for the Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO block):  
> 
>   +config GPIO_DWAPB
>   +       tristate "Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO driver"
>   +       select GPIO_GENERIC
>   +       select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
>   +       depends on OF_GPIO && IRQ_DOMAIN
> 
> 
> 
> Welcome any suggestions, discussions and completions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

A patch has already been submitted and applied by the subsystem maintainer.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-gpio&m=139413626320431&w=2


-- 
~Randy
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