linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: parisc: GSC: fix build when PCI

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Message-ID: <0baabcbc-196e-08fa-e2db-b7e925993cc1@gmx.de>
Date:   Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:35:16 +0100
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: parisc: GSC: fix build when PCI_LBA is not set

Hi Randy,

On 2/13/22 20:39, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> There is a build error when using a kernel .config file from
> 'kernel test robot' for a different build problem:
>
> hppa64-linux-ld: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.o: in function `.LC3':
> (.data.rel.ro+0x18): undefined reference to `iosapic_serial_irq'
>
> when:
>   CONFIG_GSC=y
>   CONFIG_SERIO_GSCPS2=y
>   CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_GSC=y
>   CONFIG_PCI is not set
>     and hence PCI_LBA is not set.
>   IOSAPIC depends on PCI_LBA, so IOSAPIC is not set/enabled.
>
> Making SERIAL_8250_GSC depend on PCI_LBA prevents the build error.

It maybe makes the build error go away, but ...

> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Cc: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
> Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20220211.orig/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20220211/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
>
>  config SERIAL_8250_GSC
>  	tristate
> -	depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC
> +	depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC && PCI_LBA
>  	default SERIAL_8250

The serial device is on the GSC bus, so if you make it
dependend on the PCI bus it will not be useable on machines
which only have a GSC bus...

We need another patch.
Do you have a link to the build error?

Helge