Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: select SERIAL_FSL_LPUART for SERIAL_FSL_LPUART_CONSOLE

[Randy Dunlap]

On 2/25/23 10:03, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/25/23 09:51, Tom Rix wrote:
>>
>> On 2/25/23 9:46 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> Hi--
>>>
>>> On 2/25/23 09:39, Tom Rix wrote:
>>>> A rand config causes this link error
>>>> ld: drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.o: in function `parse_options':
>>>> drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c:99: undefined reference to `uart_parse_earlycon'
>>>>
>>>> The rand config has
>>>> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=m
>>>> CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON=y
>>>> CONFIG_SERIAL_FSL_LPUART=m
>>>> CONFIG_SERIAL_FSL_LPUART_CONSOLE=y
>>>>
>>>> SERIAL_FSL_LPUART should have been selected instead of depends on-ed.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
>>>> index 625358f44419..b24d74d389fc 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ config SERIAL_FSL_LPUART
>>>>     config SERIAL_FSL_LPUART_CONSOLE
>>>>       bool "Console on Freescale lpuart serial port"
>>>> -    depends on SERIAL_FSL_LPUART
>>>> +    select SERIAL_FSL_LPUART
>>> Most other _CONSOLE Kconfig have:
>>>
>>>     depends on SERIAL_FSL_LPUART=y
>>
>> commit 5779a072c248db7a40cfd0f5ea958097fd1d9a30 removed the =y. so it could be built as a module.
>>
> 
> uh. But it's still a bool, not a tristate. How does that work?

OK, I see. :)

Well, I don't see another decent solution ATM.

Tom, does your patch fix the build error?

What are the listed CONFIG settings after the patch?

Thanks.

>>> e.g.
>>>
>>> but I noticed a few others with a similar problem.
>>>
>>>>       select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
>>>>       select SERIAL_EARLYCON
>>>>       help
>>
> 

-- 
~Randy