linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hsi: Build hsi_boardinfo.c into hsi core if enabled

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Message-ID: <20160615124842.GA6702@earth>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:48:42 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	"Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hsi: Build hsi_boardinfo.c into hsi core if enabled

Hi Andrew,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:13:04AM -0500, Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> If the HSI core is built as a module hsi_boardinfo may still
> be built-in as its Kconfig type is bool, which can cause build
> issues. Fix this by building this code into the HSI core when
> enabled.
> 
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com>
> ---
> This build error seems to be due to Kconfig symbol CONFIG_HSI_BOARDINFO
> being a bool but depending on a tristate (CONFIG_HSI). This is normally
> okay when it is just a flag to enable a feature in source, but the
> helper code file hsi_boardinfo.c is built as a separate entity when
> enabled. This patch is probably how it was intended, and is more like
> how others do this kind of thing.
> 
> This patch should be applied before the parent patch:

Thanks, I applied both patches.

-- Sebastian

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