From: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 0fb9342d06b0f667b915ba58bfefc030e534a218 ] parse_options() in drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c calls uart_parse_earlycon in drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c therefore selecting SERIAL_EARLYCON should automatically select SERIAL_CORE, otherwise will result in symbol not found error during linking if SERIAL_CORE is not configured as builtin Fixes: 9aac5887595b ("tty/serial: add generic serial earlycon") Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200828123949.2642-1-ztong0001@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig index 25c1d7bc01004..7ea229cb1d864 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ menu "Serial drivers" config SERIAL_EARLYCON bool + depends on SERIAL_CORE help Support for early consoles with the earlycon parameter. This enables the console before standard serial driver is probed. The console is -- 2.25.1