linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC, skx: Better fix for randconfig builds

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Message-ID: <20181107220305.GI14169@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 7 Nov 2018 23:03:05 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC, skx: Better fix for randconfig builds

On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 10:39:15AM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:32:53PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 02:44:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > No, it was unintentional, the 'if ACPI' can be dropped when we add
> > > 'depends on ACPI'.
> > 
> > So I have one fix already which takes care of non-sensical configs. If
> > you or Tony wanna make it prettier, feel free to test it thoroughly and
> > send me a patch ontop of
> > 
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp.git/log/?h=for-next
> > 
> 
> 
> It was previously noted that Kconfig complained about unmet
> dependencies when trying to configure skx_edac together with
> CONFIG_ACPI=n. First fix for this checked for ACPI when doing
> 
> 	select ACPI_ADXL
> 
> but this required stub functions for the case where ACPI wasn't
> selected. It also allowed building a driver that didn't actually
> work for a system that has non-volatile DIMMs.
> 
> Arnd Bergmann pointed out that the right fix is to make EDAC_SKX
> "depend on ACPI".
> 
> Fixes: a324e9396ca3 ("EDAC, skx: Fix randconfig builds")
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/adxl.h | 5 -----
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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