Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755967Ab3ENQdb (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:31 -0400 Received: from ra.se.axis.com ([195.60.68.13]:54782 "EHLO ra.se.axis.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751194Ab3ENQd3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 18:33:18 +0200 From: Jesper Nilsson To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linux Kernel Development , Linux Fbdev development list , linux-cris-kernel Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.10-rc1 (cris) Message-ID: <20130514163318.GQ8853@axis.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2207 Lines: 51 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 02:06:51PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > drivers/video/console/fonts.c:71:2: error: #error No fonts configured.: 2 errors in 2 logs > > v3.10-rc1/cris/cris-allmodconfig v3.10-rc1/cris/cris-allyesconfig > > > > Fbdev issue? > > This is caused by cris not using the generic drivers/Kconfig, and thus not > traversing drivers/video/console/Kconfig. > As the build system does traverse drivers/video/console/Makefile, fonts.c > is compiled with an inconsistent configuration. > > Two solutions: > 1. Add drivers/video/console/Kconfig to arch/cris/Kconfig, > 2. Switch cris to drivers/Kconfig, > > I prefer two, as this is what's done by all (except h8300) other > architectures. This will seriously broaden the scope of allmodconfig, > though, and require more fixes (e.g. missing ). I would have no objections a conversion of CRIS to use the drivers/Kconfig, though it feels a bit strange to compile video drivers for SoCs that don't have any video out hardware. > Note: The decision logic for compiling drivers/video/console/fonts.c is > overly complicated, and seems to be buggy for some stuff living > outside drivers drivers/video (drivers/media/platform/vivi.c and > drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/solo6x10-enc.c). I think this should > be resolved in Kconfig logic, using a new FONT_SUPPORT > symbol (FONTS is already taken). > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds /^JN - Jesper Nilsson -- Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@axis.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/