linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vboxvideo: select CONFIG_GENERIC

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:06:02 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Michael Thayer <michael.thayer@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vboxvideo: select CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 03:21:01PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> vboxvideo fails to link without genalloc:
> 
> drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_hgsmi.o: In function `hgsmi_buffer_alloc':
> vbox_hgsmi.c:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `gen_pool_dma_alloc'
> drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_hgsmi.o: In function `hgsmi_buffer_free':
> vbox_hgsmi.c:(.text+0xf2): undefined reference to `gen_pool_free'
> 
> This adds a Kconfig select statement, mirroring what all the other
> users have.
> 
> Fixes: dd55d44f4084 ("staging: vboxvideo: Add vboxvideo to drivers/staging")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vboxvideo/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Hans sent this same patch 2 days ago, sorry, just applied it now.

greg k-h