Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: select FB when DRM_VMWGFX is selected

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 08/31/14 16:07, Max Filippov wrote:
> Otherwise, if FB is not selected build fails at linking step:
>   vmwgfx_fb.c:(.text+0x4098b): undefined reference to `register_framebuffer'
>   vmwgfx_fb.c:(.text+0x409c0): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
>   vmwgfx_fb.c:(.text+0x409f4): undefined reference to `unregister_framebuffer'
>   vmwgfx_fb.c:(.text+0x40a0e): undefined reference to `framebuffer_release'
> 
> Patch ae6445ac7475ff05 drm/vmwgfx: depends on FB
> added dependency on FB that was subsequently removed in patch
> 04381b987292256d drm: Move plane helpers into drm_kms_helper.ko
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
> index 67720f7..4fba548 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  config DRM_VMWGFX
>  	tristate "DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU"
>  	depends on DRM && PCI
> +	select FB
>  	select FB_DEFERRED_IO
>  	select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
>  	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> 

My experience with these "select FB_*" things is that this symbol (DRM_VMWGFX)
should still depend on FB.  Has something changed recently to negate that?


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~Randy