On 02/12/2016 08:30 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Peter, > > > 2016-02-13 0:17 GMT+09:00 Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> On 02/12/2016 02:36 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: >>> Commit 71f50c6d9a22 ("of: drop symbols declared by _OF_DECLARE() from >>> modules") fixed the link error introduced by commit b8d20e06eaad >>> ("serial: 8250_uniphier: add earlycon support"). >>> >>> After commit 2eaa790989e0 ("earlycon: Use common framework for >>> earlycon declarations") was applied, the link error came back >>> because the commit reworked OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE() to not use >>> _OF_DECLARE(). >> >> What link error are you getting? > > The combination of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y > and CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_UNIPHIER=m causes a link error. > > > >> >>> This commit reworks OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE() again based on >>> _OF_DECLARE(). My motivations are: >>> >>> - Fix the link error in a generic way (without patching >>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_uniphier.c) >>> >>> - Delete struct earlycon_id. This struct is re-inventing the wheel; >>> the fields "name", "compatible", "setup" can be implemented in >>> struct of_device_id as other frameworks do. >> >> This patch basically reverts the common framework. >> What happens when not building with OF? Does it still declare the >> earlycon table? > > Ah, I missed this. (sigh) > > Earlycon must still work without OF. > My way only works with OF. > > I really screwed up. Sorry. Hi Masahiro, No big deal. We need to come up with a better way to enable earlycon builds and opt-in by driver than the current method. Breaking builds with earlycon support has happened several times in the last couple of years so it's not just you. Regards, Peter Hurley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html