[patch]: pmac nvram driver shouldn't be compileable as a module
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Tue May 16 09:11:53 EST 2006
On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 18:01 -0500, Guido Guenther wrote:
> Hi,
> currently when selecting CONFIG_NVRAM=m on PPC_PMAC on loading the nvram
> module one gets:
>
> nvram: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> nvram: Unknown symbol of_address_to_resource
> nvram: Unknown symbol __alloc_bootmem
> nvram: Unknown symbol pmac_newworld
>
> instead of exporting all these to modules it'd be nice to make the
> corresponding CONFIG_NVRAM options bool instead of tristate on PMAC_PPC.
> I don't think it's intended to be compiled as a module, since it resides
> under arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac and not drivers/macintosh. Is
> there an easier way to achive this with the build system than the patch
> below? If not, please apply.
Maybe simply not wrapping it with CONFIG_NVRAM ...
Ben.
> --- orig/linux-2.6.17-rc4/drivers/char/Kconfig 2006-05-14 21:57:51.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc4/drivers/char/Kconfig 2006-05-15 17:06:10.000000000 -0500
> @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
>
> config NVRAM
> tristate "/dev/nvram support"
> - depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || GENERIC_NVRAM
> + depends on ATARI || X86 || ARM || (GENERIC_NVRAM && !PPC_PMAC)
> ---help---
> If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram
> with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"),
> --- orig/linux-2.6.17-rc4/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig 2006-03-19 23:53:29.000000000 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc4/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig 2006-05-15 17:14:40.000000000 -0500
> @@ -200,4 +200,13 @@
> tristate "Support for ANS LCD display"
> depends on ADB_CUDA && PPC_PMAC
>
> +config PMAC_NVRAM
> + bool "/dev/nvram support"
> + depends on GENERIC_NVRAM && PPC_PMAC
> + ---help---
> + If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram with
> + major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), you
> + get read and write access to the non-volatile memory of your
> + machine.
> +
> endmenu
> diff -u -u orig/linux-2.6.17-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile linux-2.6.17-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
> --- orig/linux-2.6.17-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile 2006-03-19 23:53:29.000000000 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile 2006-05-15 17:22:43.000000000 -0500
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> obj-$(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT) += backlight.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC) += cpufreq_32.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC64) += cpufreq_64.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM) += nvram.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PMAC_NVRAM) += nvram.o
> # ppc64 pmac doesn't define CONFIG_NVRAM but needs nvram stuff
> obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += nvram.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PPC32) += bootx_init.o
>
> Singed-Off-By: Guido Guenther <agx at sigxcpu.org>
> Cheers,
> -- Guido
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