linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: remove python 3.9 dependency for compiling msm

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Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 11:58:33 -0700
From: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>
Cc: freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, 
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>, 
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, 
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, seanpaul@...omium.org, 
	swboyd@...omium.org, quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: remove python 3.9 dependency for compiling msm

Hi,

On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinccom> wrote:
>
> Since commit 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa"),
> compilation is broken on machines having python versions older than 3.9
> due to dependency on argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.
>
> Switch to use simple bool for the validate flag to remove the dependency.
>
> Fixes: 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa")
> Signed-off-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

FWIW, it looks like the commit this is fixing is now present in
Linus's tree. Is there any plan to land this fix? It would be nifty if
it could somehow make it in time for -rc1 so I don't need to track
down this patch every time I need to build a subsystem tree for the
next several weeks...

-Doug