2013/5/3 Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On 05/03/2013 11:56 AM, Xiong Zhou wrote: >> From: Xiong Zhou <jencce.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> This patch fixes build failure(randconfig) of next-20130501. >> When config I2C as m, BATTERY_BQ27x00 as y, here comes the failure. >> BATTERY_BQ27x00 depends on I2C according to the code. >> > >> Failure message: >> drivers/built-in.o: In function `bq27x00_read_i2c': >> bq27x00_battery.c:(.text+0x1082a7): undefined reference to `i2c_transfer' >> drivers/built-in.o: In function `bq27x00_battery_init': >> bq27x00_battery.c:(.init.text+0x6085): undefined reference to `i2c_register_driver' >> bq27x00_battery.c:(.init.text+0x60c7): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver' >> drivers/built-in.o: In function `bq27x00_battery_exit': >> bq27x00_battery.c:(.exit.text+0xbf0): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver' >> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 >> >> Signed-off-by: Xiong Zhou <jencce.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > > It's actually a bit more tricky. The driver can be built without I2C What about the build error ? > support, so it does not depend on I2C, but if I2C is built as a module the > driver should also only be built as a module. And this is what this patch trying to do. > > I think the best solution is to put the platform code and the i2c code of > the bq27x00 driver each in their on module, but if you want a quick solution Yes, more clear. > > depends on I2C || I2C=n > > should work. > Thanks. :) >> --- >> drivers/power/Kconfig | 1 + >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/power/Kconfig b/drivers/power/Kconfig >> index 0d0b5d7..89e5ebd 100644 >> --- a/drivers/power/Kconfig >> +++ b/drivers/power/Kconfig >> @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ config BATTERY_SBS >> >> config BATTERY_BQ27x00 >> tristate "BQ27x00 battery driver" >> + depends on I2C >> help >> Say Y here to enable support for batteries with BQ27x00 (I2C/HDQ) chips. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html