Re: [PATCH v1] drivers: pinctrl: qcom: fix Kconfig dependency on GPIOLIB

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 6:41 PM Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 9:46:04 AM EDT you wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:33 AM Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > When PINCTRL_MSM is enabled, and GPIOLIB is disabled,
> > > Kbuild gives the following warning:
> > >
> > > WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
> > >   Depends on [n]: GPIOLIB [=n]
> > >   Selected by [y]:
> > >   - PINCTRL_MSM [=y] && PINCTRL [=y] && (ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST [=y])
> > >
> > > This is because PINCTRL_MSM selects GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP,
> > > without selecting or depending on GPIOLIB, despite
> > > GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP depending on GPIOLIB. Having PINCTRL_MSM
> > > select GPIOLIB will cause a recursive dependency error.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Does it work to just:
> >
> > select GPIOLIB
> >
> > instead?
> >
> > The driver needs the library so...
> >
> > Yours,
> > Linus Walleij
> >
>
> Hi Linus,
>
> Looks like I confused this patch with another one when
> I responded last time. This config option cannot select
> GPIOLIB, because it will cause a recursive dependency
> error.
>
> Any other ideas?

No we can apply the patch as-is but let Bjorn have  a look at it first,
I noticed he is not on the To: line of the original patch.

You may need to resend with Bjorn Andersson in the recipients.

Yours,
Linus Walleij