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SubjectRe: tip - Solution of ath9k: turn off temporarily (66b5c4a2c638b5a69d3e41abe4a2bae55035a92e)
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
> * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Ingo,
>>
>> If you choose :
>> CONFIG_RFKILL=m
>> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
>>
>> It will give linking error because ATH9K need RFKILL functions.
>>
>> But if you choose :
>> CONFIG_RFKILL=y
>> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
>>
>> OR
>>
>> CONFIG_RFKILL=m
>> CONFIG_ATH9K=m
>>
>> It is OK.
>
> this was just a quick hatchet job to make the build regression go away.
> Would you like to send a real fix, with the wireless list and maintainers
> Cc-ed? Then i can revert the hack below from tip/out-of-tree.
>
> ngo
>
> ------------------>
> From 66b5c4a2c638b5a69d3e41abe4a2bae55035a92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:04:03 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: turn off temporarily
>
> Impact: fix build failure
>
> ath9k fails to build:
>
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_detach':
> main.c:(.text+0x16720b): undefined reference to `rfkill_unregister'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_rfkill_poll':
> main.c:(.text+0x167801): undefined reference to `rfkill_force_state'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath9k_start':
> main.c:(.text+0x167f01): undefined reference to `rfkill_register'
> main.c:(.text+0x167f11): undefined reference to `rfkill_free'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_pci_probe':
> main.c:(.text+0x169754): undefined reference to `rfkill_allocate'
>
> when:
>
> CONFIG_RFKILL=m
> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
> index c43bd32..b849a45 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> config ATH9K
> tristate "Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support"
> depends on PCI && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211
> + # build failures
> + depends on 0
> select MAC80211_LEDS
> select LEDS_CLASS
> select NEW_LEDS
>

OK , I CCed to wireless and lets wait for solution :-)

JSR


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