[PATCH] 2.6.28-git4 - powerpc - drivers build fails with !CONFIG_VIOPATH
Kamalesh Babulal
kamalesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jan 5 05:24:41 EST 2009
* Milton Miller <miltonm at bga.com> [2009-01-04 02:54:15]:
> In-Reply-To: <20090103191359.GA9304 at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>> config SCSI_IBMVSCSI
>> tristate "IBM Virtual SCSI support"
>> - depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES
>> + depends on (PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES) && VIOPATH
>> select SCSI_SRP_ATTRS
>> help
>> This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Client
>
> As VIOPATH is iSeries code and is only used by the iSeries code, the
> requirment should be
>
> depends on PPC_PSERIES || (PPC_ISERIES && VIOPATH)
>
> except VIOPATH isn't selectable:
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig:
>
> config VIOPATH
> bool
> depends on VIODASD || VIOCD || VIOTAPE || ISERIES_VETH
> default y
>
> so instead we should be adding
>
> select VIOPATH if PPC_ISERIES
>
> to SCSI_IBMVSCSI and just
>
> select VIOPATH
>
> to HVC_ISERIES as it depends on PPC_ISERIES
>
> otherwise you have to enable one driver to get these other drivers.
>
> milton
>
Hi Milton,
Thanks for the review comments, I am resending the patch with the
changes you have recommended.
Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
--
drivers/char/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 1697043..b8da09a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ config HVC_ISERIES
default y
select HVC_DRIVER
select HVC_IRQ
+ select VIOPATH
help
iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index b732297..256c7be 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ config SCSI_IBMVSCSI
tristate "IBM Virtual SCSI support"
depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES
select SCSI_SRP_ATTRS
+ select VIOPATH if PPC_ISERIES
help
This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Client
--
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.
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