Re: [PATCH v2] drm/display: Select DP helper for DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV and DRM_DP_CEC

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On 4/28/22 10:04, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

[snip]

>>
>> Right. So giving even more thought to this, now I think that we should just include
>> drm_dp_aux_dev.o, drm_dp_cec.o (and probably drm_dp_aux_bus.o?) unconditionally to
>> drm_display_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER).
>>
>> After all, these are not big objects and drm_display_helper can now be built as module.
>>
>> I don't see that much value to have separate user-configurable config options...
>>
> 
> I don't know the side effects of this. We're exporting another device 
> file after all.
> 
> For know I'd make them depend on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER. If someone 
> complains we can revert and fix the linker error by adding stub 
> functions for the missing symbols.
>

Ok, I'll just add the depends on then to fix the linking errors and then either
adding the stubs when disabled or just making it part of the DP_HELPER can be
done as a follow-up.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat




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