Re: mmotm 2009-11-24-16-47 uploaded (gpio_max7301)

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:43:06 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:46:38 -0800
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2009-11-24-16-47 has been uploaded to
> > > 
> > >    http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> > > 
> > > and will soon be available at
> > > 
> > >    git://git.zen-sources.org/zen/mmotm.git
> > > 
> > > It contains the following patches against 2.6.32-rc8:
> > >
> > > gpio-add-driver-for-max7300-i2c-gpio-extender.patch
> > 
> > This driver has build failures when CONFIG_I2C=m and
> > MAX7301=y, MAX7301_I2C=y, MAX7301_SPI=y:
> > 
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `max7301_i2c_write':
> > max7301.c:(.text+0x2d9e): undefined reference to `i2c_smbus_write_byte_data'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `max7301_i2c_read':
> > max7301.c:(.text+0x2dc6): undefined reference to `i2c_smbus_read_byte_data'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `max7301_init':
> > max7301.c:(.init.text+0x42e): undefined reference to `i2c_register_driver'
> > max7301.c:(.init.text+0x496): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `max7301_exit':
> > max7301.c:(.exit.text+0x14): undefined reference to `i2c_del_driver'
> > 
> > 
> > This kconfig syntax:
> > 
> > config GPIO_MAX7301
> >         tristate "Maxim MAX730x GPIO expander"
> >         depends on I2C || SPI_MASTER
> > 
> > allows GPIO_MAX7301 to be y when SPI_MASTER=y and I2C=m.
> > If you want to do that, you'll need to handle CONFIG_I2C=m somehow.
> > 
> 
> fyi, I have this patch "on hold" due to this issue.

Wolfram sent a large replacement patch on Sun Dec. 13:
Subject: [PATCH V4] gpio: add driver for MAX7300 I2C GPIO extender

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~Randy
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