Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Oct 1 (drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o)

From: Lee Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 07:32:03 +0100

On Thu, 01 Oct 2020, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> On 10/1/20 4:39 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Changes since 20200930:
> > 
> 
> on x86_64:
> 
> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_probe':
> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.text+0x48): undefined reference to `__devm_regmap_init_i2c'
> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_driver_init':
> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.init.text+0x14): undefined reference to `i2c_register_driver'
> ld: drivers/mfd/simple-mfd-i2c.o: in function `simple_mfd_i2c_driver_exit':
> simple-mfd-i2c.c:(.exit.text+0xd): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver'
> 
> 
> CONFIG_I2C=m
> CONFIG_MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C=y
> CONFIG_MFD_SL28CPLD=y
> 
> 
> Is linux-next missing the source code for CONFIG_MFD_SL28CPLD?

There isn't any associated source code.  It's a virtual symbol.

> The build error is caused by:
> 
> config MFD_SL28CPLD
> 	tristate "Kontron sl28cpld Board Management Controller"
> 	select MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C
> 
> that "select" when "depends on I2C" is absent/missing.

Okay, so CONFIG_MFD_SIMPLE_MFD_I2C needs to depend on I2C too?  I made
the assumption that 'select REGMAP_I2C' would do the right thing.

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