Re: [PATCH] fix missing hdlc symbols for synclink drivers

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:27:40 +0200 Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

> Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> writes:
> 
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile	2006-06-06 14:08:53.000000000 -0500
> > @@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ cyclomx-y                       := cycx_
> >  cyclomx-$(CONFIG_CYCLOMX_X25)	+= cycx_x25.o
> >  cyclomx-objs			:= $(cyclomx-y)  
> >  
> > -hdlc-y				:= hdlc_generic.o
> > +hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC)		:= hdlc_generic.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_RAW)		+= hdlc_raw.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_RAW_ETH)	+= hdlc_raw_eth.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_CISCO)	+= hdlc_cisco.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_FR)		+= hdlc_fr.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_PPP)		+= hdlc_ppp.o
> >  hdlc-$(CONFIG_HDLC_X25)		+= hdlc_x25.o
> > -hdlc-objs			:= $(hdlc-y)
> > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_HDLC),y)
> > +  hdlc-objs			:= $(hdlc-y)
> > +else
> > +  hdlc-objs			:= $(hdlc-m)
> > +endif
> 
> How could that work? If CONFIG_HDLC=m and CONFIG_HDLC_*=y it would read:
> 
> hdlc-m := hdlc_generic.o
> hdlc-y := hdlc_{raw,raw_eth,cisco,fr,ppp,x25}.o
> hdlc-objs := $(hdlc-m)
> 
> CONFIG_HDLC is 3-state and CONFIG_HDLC_* are simple bools, everything
> makes a single module.
> 
> Not sure what missing symbols do you experience (never had synclink
> adapter) but almost certainly it's when generic HDLC is not selected
> (or is 'm' while synclink is 'y') and it's not related to the Makefile
> (i.e., while I don't exactly like the rest of the patch as I think
> enabling gHDLC should enable hw drivers - like with other drivers -
> it would probably work).

Hi,
I think that the main problem is that SYNCLINK wants to be able
to use some functions from hdlc_generic.c when
CONFIG_HDLC=m.  How do you handle that?


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~Randy
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