# Re: \[PATCH\] ARC: add negative dependency for VGA\_CONSOLE

- From: Vineet Gupta \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-08-25 07:47:55 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4563418
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2015/08/4559313/t.md

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On Monday 17 August 2015 09:51 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Yuriy Kolerov
> [ref] wrote:
>> Architectures which support VGA console must define screen_info
>> structurture from "uapi/linux/screen_info.h". Otherwise undefined
>> symbol error occurs. Usually it's defined in "setup.c" for each
>> architecture.
>>
>> If an architecture does not support VGA console (ARC's case)
>> there are 2 ways: define a dummy instance of screen_info or add
>> a negative dependency for VGA_CONSOLE in to prevent selecting
>> this option.
>>
>> I've implemented the second way. However the best solution is to
>> add HAVE_VGA_CONSOLE option for targets which support VGA
>> console. Then turn off VGA_CONSOLE by default and add dependency
>> to HAVE_VGA_CONSOLE. But right now it's better to just add a
>> negative dependency for ARC and then consider how to collaborate
>> about this issue with maintainers of other architectures.
> +1
>
>> Signed-off-by: Yuriy Kolerov <redacted>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Hi Tomi,

Is anything else needed for this to be merged.

Thx,
-Vineet

>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
>
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>                                 -- Linus Torvalds
>

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