| Message ID | 20200609100643.1245061-1-arnd@arndb.de (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Mainlined |
| Commit | 751ad34fbad74c3ed4a9ede24764b4253d4faa84 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Input: joystick - work around "adi" module name confict | expand |
On 6/9/20 3:06 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > Making module name conflicts a fatal error breaks sparc64 > allmodconfig: > > Error log: > error: the following would cause module name conflict: > drivers/char/adi.ko > drivers/input/joystick/adi.ko > > Renaming one of the modules would solve the problem, but then cause other > problems because neither of them is automatically loaded and changing > the name is likely to break any setup that relies on manually loading > it by name. > > As there is probably no sparc64 system with this kind of ancient joystick > attached, work around it by adding a Kconfig dependency that forbids > them from both being modules. It is still possible to build the joystick > driver if the sparc64 adi driver is built-in. > > Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> > Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > --- > This should get merged through the kbuild tree together > with the patch that turns the warning into an error, if the > joystick maintainers are ok with the hack. > --- > drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > index 940b744639c7..6f73f02059b5 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ config JOYSTICK_A3D > config JOYSTICK_ADI > tristate "Logitech ADI digital joysticks and gamepads" > select GAMEPORT > + depends on ADI!=m # avoid module name conflict > help > Say Y here if you have a Logitech controller using the ADI > protocol over the PC gameport. >
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:07 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > > Making module name conflicts a fatal error breaks sparc64 > allmodconfig: > > Error log: > error: the following would cause module name conflict: > drivers/char/adi.ko > drivers/input/joystick/adi.ko > > Renaming one of the modules would solve the problem, but then cause other > problems because neither of them is automatically loaded and changing > the name is likely to break any setup that relies on manually loading > it by name. > > As there is probably no sparc64 system with this kind of ancient joystick > attached, work around it by adding a Kconfig dependency that forbids > them from both being modules. It is still possible to build the joystick > driver if the sparc64 adi driver is built-in. > > Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> > Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > --- > This should get merged through the kbuild tree together > with the patch that turns the warning into an error, if the > joystick maintainers are ok with the hack. Note: Dmitry picked up this patch. (commit 751ad34fbad74c3ed4a9ede24764b4253d4faa84) > --- > drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > index 940b744639c7..6f73f02059b5 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ config JOYSTICK_A3D > config JOYSTICK_ADI > tristate "Logitech ADI digital joysticks and gamepads" > select GAMEPORT > + depends on ADI!=m # avoid module name conflict > help > Say Y here if you have a Logitech controller using the ADI > protocol over the PC gameport. > -- > 2.26.2 >
diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig index 940b744639c7..6f73f02059b5 100644 --- a/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ config JOYSTICK_A3D config JOYSTICK_ADI tristate "Logitech ADI digital joysticks and gamepads" select GAMEPORT + depends on ADI!=m # avoid module name conflict help Say Y here if you have a Logitech controller using the ADI protocol over the PC gameport.