On Sat, 24 Jul 2021, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 4:14 PM Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> we use the MXM_WMI in code. We also have to keep arm in mind and not >> break stuff there. So I will try to play around with your changes and >> see how that goes. > > Ok, should find any randconfig build failures for arm, arm64 or x86 over the > weekend. I also this on linux-next today > > ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.o: in function > `intel_backlight_device_register': > intel_panel.c:(.text+0x2804): undefined reference to `backlight_device_register' > ld: intel_panel.c:(.text+0x284e): undefined reference to > `backlight_device_register' > ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.o: in function > `intel_backlight_device_unregister': > intel_panel.c:(.text+0x28b1): undefined reference to > `backlight_device_unregister' > > and I added this same thing there to see how it goes: Last I checked (and it was a while a go) you really had to make all users of BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE depend not select it, otherwise you end up with recursive dependencies. BR, Jani. > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig > index 87825d36335b..69c6b7aec49e 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig > @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config DRM_I915 > tristate "Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics" > depends on DRM > depends on X86 && PCI > + depends on ACPI_VIDEO || !ACPI > + depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > select INTEL_GTT > select INTERVAL_TREE > # we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular > @@ -16,10 +18,6 @@ config DRM_I915 > select IRQ_WORK > # i915 depends on ACPI_VIDEO when ACPI is enabled > # but for select to work, need to select ACPI_VIDEO's dependencies, ick > - select DRM_I915_BACKLIGHT if ACPI > - select INPUT if ACPI > - select ACPI_VIDEO if ACPI > - select ACPI_BUTTON if ACPI > select SYNC_FILE > select IOSF_MBI > select CRC32 > @@ -64,13 +62,7 @@ config DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE > Use "*" to force probe the driver for all known devices. > > config DRM_I915_BACKLIGHT > - tristate "Control backlight support" > - depends on DRM_I915 > - default DRM_I915 > - select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > - help > - Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display > - (e.g. a laptop panel). > + def_tristate DRM_I915 > > config DRM_I915_CAPTURE_ERROR > bool "Enable capturing GPU state following a hang" -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center