On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > The new SOLO6X10 driver needs the built-in console fonts, specifically > the VGA8x16 font and building it without console support results in > a link error error. > > drivers/built-in.o: In function `solo_osd_print': > :(.text+0x7d3424): undefined reference to `find_font' > > This adds a dependency on the CONFIG_FONTS symbol and changes the > console code to always build the base driver even if there are > no specific fonts built-in. > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> > Cc: Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Sorry for only noticing this now, but CONFIG_FONTS is not about font support. It's about allowing the user to override the default list of builtin fonts. I know it's a bad name, but changing this would break make oldconfig. Or is this allowed? My fix for the solo6x10 build breakage is http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136861809223875 > --- > drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/video/console/Makefile | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/Kconfig > b/drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/Kconfig > index ec32776..df6569b 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/solo6x10/Kconfig > @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ > config SOLO6X10 > tristate "Softlogic 6x10 MPEG codec cards" > depends on PCI && VIDEO_DEV && SND && I2C > + depends on FONTS > select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_SG > select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG > select SND_PCM > diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Makefile b/drivers/video/console/Makefile > index a862e91..48da25c 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/console/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/video/console/Makefile > @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ font-objs-$(CONFIG_FONT_MINI_4x6) += font_mini_4x6.o > > font-objs += $(font-objs-y) > > +obj-$(CONFIG_FONTS) += font.o > + > # Each configuration option enables a list of files. > > obj-$(CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE) += dummycon.o Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
