On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 05:24:23PM +0100, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote: > On mercoledì 15 marzo 2023 16:06:56 CET Nathan Chancellor wrote: > > Hi Khadija, > > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 07:22:39PM +0500, Khadija Kamran wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 02:34:31PM +0100, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote: > > > > Aside from what I said and asked for with the other message of this same > > > > thread, please take note that you can build a specific module if you > > > > prefer > > > > not to re-build the whole kernel and other modules at the same time. > > > > > > > > I'm pretty sure that the instructions to do so are in the > > > > OutreachyFirstPatch > > > > tutorial. > > > > > > > > If they are not there, please let us know. > > > > > > > > Fabio > > > > > > Hey Fabio! > > > > > > In the Outreachy FirstPatchTutorial under the 'Compiling only part of > > > the kernel' section there are ways to compile only some part of the > > > kernel. > > > > > > I have tried using "make W=1 drivers/staging/axis-fifo/" and it says > > > 'nothing to be done for'. > > > > Is CONFIG_XIL_AXIS_FIFO enabled in your configuration? > > @Khadija: > > Maybe that you won't find CONFIG_XIL_AXIS_FIFO among the staging drivers > entries while using "make menuconfig" (or the other similar commands for > working with the configuration). > > In that case, first enable the CONFIG_OF option if disabled. > CONFIG_XIL_AXIS_FIFO depends on the former. > > For "CONFIG_XIL_AXIS_FIFO depends on CONFIG_OF" we mean that you can the > former if and only if the latter is already enabled. > > Actually, CONFIG_XIL_AXIS_FIFO depends also on two other options. However you > shouldn't worry about those others because they are commonly enabled in more > than 99% of PC distributions. > Hey Fabio! I have checked in my .config file and both options are enabled. The file says, CONFIG_OF=y CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y The "make menuconfig" shows 'Xilinx AXI-Stream FIFO IP core driver' with built-in selection [*]. The problem I am having here is that in the OutreachyFIrstPatch tutorial, it asks you to change [*] -> [m], but I cannot change it. Kindly help me with this! Thank you! Regards, Khadija > > > Should I start with the steps to reproduce? :'( > > > > I did see a report of this same warning occurring with GCC but the > > report I commented on cane from clang/LLVM; using that toolchain may > > make it easier for you to reproduce this issue. The robot's reproduction > > instructions are fine but I think doing it manually is actually simpler. > > > > Ubuntu 22.04 should have a pretty modern version of clang/LLVM, which > > you can install via 'sudo apt install clang lld llvm'. > > https://apt.llvm.org is another resource. > > @Nathan: Congratulations, you now have another clang/LLVM adept! > (Obviously, I'm just kidding :-)) > > Fabio > > >
