On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 9:28 AM Doug Anderson <diand...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinccom> wrote:
> >
> > Since commit 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from
> > Mesa"),
> > compilation is broken on machines having python versions older than 3.9
> > due to dependency on argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.
> >
> > Switch to use simple bool for the validate flag to remove the dependency.
> >
> > Fixes: 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa")
> > Signed-off-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhin...@quicinc.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 5 +++--
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> No idea if we're supposed to allow python as a build dependency. That
> being said, I can confirm that this fixes the problem for me since I
> ran into it too [1].
>
> Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <diand...@chromium.org>
>
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAD=FV=XnpS-=cookkxzfm8og9wcsemxfesmftyh811438qg...@mail.gmail.com
>
I do not like Perl.
IMHO, Python should be OK if Perl is OK.
I agree that the required version should be
documented changes.rst, at least.
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
