From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@visionengravers.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_labpc: fix VIRT_TO_BUS dependency
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 14:28:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130513212837.GB14092@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1368442935-25926-1-git-send-email-abbotti@mev.co.uk>
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:02:15PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> The "ni_labpc" module acts as a low-level comedi driver for various
> Nattional Instruments Lab-PC ISA cards if `CONFIG_NI_LABPC_ISA` is
> enabled, and also as a common module depended on by the "ni_labpc_cs"
> and "ni_labpc_pci" modules. For ISA cards, it optionally supports the
> use of an ISA DMA channel if `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` is enabled, using
> conditionally compiled code. This conditionally compiled code also
> relies on `virt_to_bus()`, which only exists if `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` is
> enabled. Therefore, support for ISA DMA should only be compiled in if
> both `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` and `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` are defined,
> otherwise the "ni_labpc" module fails to compile on kernels that enable
> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` but not `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS`.
>
> Conditionally define a new macro `NI_LABPC_ISA_DMA` iff both
> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` and `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` are defined, and change
> the conditional compilation tests to use the new macro instead of
> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API`.
>
> Also, in the "Kconfig", remove the `VIRT_TO_BUS` dependency from the
> `COMEDI_NI_LABPC_ISA` option since the dependency is now checked at
> compile time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
> ---
> drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig | 1 -
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Ick, no, I'll take Hartley's patch he sent a week or so ago that fixes
this properly for all architectures.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-13 23:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-12 22:00 [PATCH] staging/comedi: Add VIRT_TO_BUS dependency to 'fix' build failure Peter Huewe
2013-05-13 9:45 ` Ian Abbott
2013-05-13 11:02 ` [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_labpc: fix VIRT_TO_BUS dependency Ian Abbott
2013-05-13 21:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2013-05-14 10:01 ` Ian Abbott
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