On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, at 21:14, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 08:28:59PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, at 19:52, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 08:18:44AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> When INTEL_VSEC is in a loadable module, XE cannot be built-in any more:
>>>>
>>>> x86_64-linux-ld: vmlinux.o: in function `xe_vsec_init':
>>>> (.text+0x19861bf): undefined reference to `intel_vsec_register'
>>>>
>>>> This could be enforced using a 'depends on INTEL_VSEC || !INTEL_VSEC'
>>>> style dependency to allow building with VSEC completely disabled.
>>>> My impression here is that this was not actually intended, and that
>>>> continuing to support that combination would lead to more build bugs.
>
> why? if xe is built-in, vsec needs to be built-in as well. If xe is a
> module, vsec can be either built-in or a module.
"depends on INTEL_VSEC" enforces that hard dependency. The difference
with "depends on INTEL_VSEC || !INTEL_VSEC" is that it also allows
XE to be either built-in or a module if INTEL_VSEC is turned off,
as it would be the case on non-x86.
Arnd
