Bug 202735 - CONFIG_DRM_TTM does not have name in Kconfig, so it is invisble for menuconfig
Summary: CONFIG_DRM_TTM does not have name in Kconfig, so it is invisble for menuconfig
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Video(DRI - non Intel) (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 low
Assignee: drivers_video-dri
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Reported: 2019-03-02 23:15 UTC by Ilya
Modified: 2019-03-04 13:42 UTC (History)
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Description Ilya 2019-03-02 23:15:27 UTC 
CONFIG_DRM_TTM is used by many DRM drivers. It is now does not have name in Kconfig, so it only could be autoselected by other drivers. User can't select it with "menu menuconfig"

Virtualbox driver (vboxvideo) uses it, so when I compile new kernel I can't enable this option unless I enable any other driver that I do not need.
 
I suggest to give it a  name, for example "GPU TTM".

I can create patch for that:)
Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2019-03-04 09:36:29 UTC 
Sounds rather like vboxvideo needs to autoselect TTM as well.
Comment 2 Ilya 2019-03-04 09:53:52 UTC 
Virtualbox is not part of Linux source tree. 
Threre is an .iso file for each VBox version that contains sources and script to compile it against your kernel
Comment 3 Jani Nikula 2019-03-04 12:57:46 UTC 
Arguably not a bug in kernel.
Comment 4 Ilya 2019-03-04 13:42:14 UTC 
Not a bug at all. I'd call it "usability problem")

User can't enable TTM (which is required for virtualbox) unless she enables some redundant driver.
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