Re: [PATCH for-next] RDMA/hfi1: Depend on !UML

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On 7/12/22 5:54 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:54:38AM -0400, Dennis Dalessandro wrote:
>> From: Ehab Ababneh <ehab.ababneh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Both hfi1 and UML depend on x86_64, this can trigger build errors.
>> This driver must depends on !UML because it accesses x86_64
>> features that are not supported by UML.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ehab Ababneh <ehab.ababneh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/Kconfig |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)a
> 
> But why is this hfi1 specific change?
> Shouldn't CONFIG_UML be disabled if someone choses !x86_64?

This was discussed in [1]. Perhaps there is further work from UML folks
warranted. However there really isn't any reason to try to compile a HW driver
like hfi1 for UML and this will silence build warnings.

1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20220102070623.24009-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

-Denny



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