On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 02:06:51PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > drivers/video/console/fonts.c:71:2: error: #error No fonts configured.: 2 errors in 2 logs
> > v3.10-rc1/cris/cris-allmodconfig v3.10-rc1/cris/cris-allyesconfig
> >
> > Fbdev issue?
>
> This is caused by cris not using the generic drivers/Kconfig, and thus not
> traversing drivers/video/console/Kconfig.
> As the build system does traverse drivers/video/console/Makefile, fonts.c
> is compiled with an inconsistent configuration.
>
> Two solutions:
> 1. Add drivers/video/console/Kconfig to arch/cris/Kconfig,
> 2. Switch cris to drivers/Kconfig,
>
> I prefer two, as this is what's done by all (except h8300) other
> architectures. This will seriously broaden the scope of allmodconfig,
> though, and require more fixes (e.g. missing <asm/vga.h>).
I would have no objections a conversion of CRIS to use the
drivers/Kconfig, though it feels a bit strange to compile
video drivers for SoCs that don't have any video out hardware.
> Note: The decision logic for compiling drivers/video/console/fonts.c is
> overly complicated, and seems to be buggy for some stuff living
> outside drivers drivers/video (drivers/media/platform/vivi.c and
> drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/solo6x10-enc.c). I think this should
> be resolved in Kconfig logic, using a new FONT_SUPPORT
> symbol (FONTS is already taken).
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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