Re: Errors in 2.4.19-rc3 CML rules (SiS related)

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 08:11:19 EST


On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 11:22, Scott Bronson wrote:
> 1) CONFIG_DRM_SIS needs to require CONFIG_FB_SIS_315.
> Currently, you can select CONFIG_DRM_SIS without CONFIG_FB_SIS_315.
> If you do that, you get undefined symbol errors for sis_malloc and
> sis_free.
>
> 2) CONFIG_FB_SIS must be compiled into the kernel (i.e. NOT a module).
> Currently, you can compile it as a module.
> If you do that, you ALSO get undefined symbol errors for
> sis_malloc and sis_free.
>
> These requirements could be enforced with CML rules. Before I
> submit the patch to do this, I'd like to know if that's the proper
> fix! Would it be better to just make CONFIG_FB_SIS able to be built
> as a module instead?

For the rules - go for it. For the modular driver ping the sisfb
maintainer first and check what is in the pipeline.

Alan

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