linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: Only build on archs that have IOMEM

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:05:37 +0100
From:   Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     paul.burton@...tec.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: Only build on archs that have
 IOMEM

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:24:04AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 08/10/2017 01:53 AM, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> > This avoids the MODPOST error:
> > ERROR: "devm_ioremap_resource" [drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.ko] undefined!
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> > index 9ae6681c90ad..9088c66e4c08 100644
> > --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> > @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ config CFAG12864B_RATE
> >  
> >  config IMG_ASCII_LCD
> >  	tristate "Imagination Technologies ASCII LCD Display"
> > +	depends on HAS_IOMEM
> >  	default y if MIPS_MALTA || MIPS_SEAD3
> >  	select SYSCON
> >  	help
> > 
> 
> I posted the same patch on 2017-JAN-01, so I agree with it.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/1/1/87
> 
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

No response from the maintainer yet. I think this driver is actually unmaintained.
What to do now?

> 
> -- 
> ~Randy