Re: [PATCH] gpio: of: Build fails if CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled without CONFIG_OF_GPIO

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 6:46 AM David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The symbol 'gpio_of_notifier' doesn't exist without both CONFIG_OF_GPIO
> and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled, but is referenced when only
> CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC is enabled.
>
> This broke building with 'make ARCH=um allyesconfig':
> ---------------
> /usr/bin/ld: drivers/gpio/gpiolib.o: in function `gpiolib_dev_init':
> ./drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c:5293: undefined reference to `gpio_of_notifier'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> ---------------
>
> Fixes: 63636d956c45 ("gpio: of: Add DT overlay support for GPIO hogs")
> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied for fixes since it fixes a regression,
I recommend looking a bit down the dependency
chain as indicated by Geert if you have time!

Yours,
Linus Walleij