On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 08:19:26PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Le 20/10/2020 à 19:37, Greg KH a écrit :
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 06:37:41PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> >> Le 20/10/2020 à 18:28, Greg KH a écrit :
> >>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 06:23:03PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> >>>> We can avoid to probe for the Zilog device (and generate ugly kernel warning)
> >>>> if kernel is built for Mac but not on a Mac.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
> >>>> index 063484b22523..d1d2e55983c3 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
> >>>> @@ -1867,6 +1867,12 @@ static struct platform_driver pmz_driver = {
> >>>> static int __init init_pmz(void)
> >>>> {
> >>>> int rc, i;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MAC
> >>>> + if (!MACH_IS_MAC)
> >>>> + return -ENODEV;
> >>>> +#endif
> >>>
> >>> Why is the #ifdef needed?
> >>>
> >>> We don't like putting #ifdef in .c files for good reasons. Can you make
> >>> the api check for this work with and without that #ifdef needed?
> >>
> >> The #ifdef is needed because this file can be compiled for PowerMac and
> >> m68k Mac. For PowerMac, the MACH_IS_MAC is not defined, so we need the
> >> #ifdef.
> >>
> >> We need the MAC_IS_MAC because the same kernel can be used with several
> >> m68k machines, so the init_pmz can be called on a m68k machine without
> >> the zilog device (it's a multi-targets kernel).
> >>
> >> You can check it's the good way to do by looking inside:
> >>
> >> drivers/video/fbdev/valkyriefb.c +317
> >> drivers/macintosh/adb.c +316
> >>
> >> That are two files used by both, mac and pmac.
> >
> > Why not fix it to work properly like other arch checks are done
> I would be happy to do the same.
>
> > Put it in a .h file and do the #ifdef there. Why is this "special"?
>
> I don't know.
>
> Do you mean something like:
>
> drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.h
> ...
> #ifndef MACH_IS_MAC
> #define MACH_IS_MAC (0)
> #endif
> ...
>
> drivers/tty/serial/pmac_zilog.c
> ...
> static int __init pmz_console_init(void)
> {
> if (!MACH_IS_MAC)
> return -ENODEV;
> ...
Yup, that would be a good start, but why is the pmac_zilog.h file
responsible for this? Shouldn't this be in some arch-specific file
somewhere?
thanks,
greg k-h
