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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix build failure when CONFIG_NLS is set to 'm' by allmodconfig
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:17:34 +0000
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 06:24:31PM +0530, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote:
>
> > This patch fixes the following build breakage introduced by the patch
> > '[PATCH V3] Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and string to
> > sysfs'.
>
> First, you should include this as part of your original patch so that
> the build doesn't break during bisection.
>
> > This is fixed by making fs/nls/nls_base.c compile conditionally into
> > vmlinux by introducing a new config option CONFIG_NLS_BASE which is
> > selected by (ACPI || DMI || NLS).
>
> Why?
>
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_NLS) += nls/
> > +obj-y += nls/
>
> You seem to have just broken building any of the NLS code as modules.
>
> > menuconfig NLS
> > tristate "Native language support"
> > + select NLS_BASE
>
> All CONFIG_NLS does is build nls_base.
>
> > +config NLS_BASE
> > + bool "Base NLS functions"
> > + depends on ACPI || DMI
>
> What in this code depends on ACPI or DMI?
>
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_NLS) += nls_base.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_NLS_BASE) += nls_base.o
>
> And why make this change?
>
> Just have something like
>
> select NLS if (ACPI || DMI)
>
> in drivers/pci/Kconfig.

Narendra, can you send me an updated patch including the build fix?
Either using this approach or the other one I outlined in my other mail.

Thanks,
--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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