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SubjectRe: linux-next: build failure after merge of the scsi tree
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On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 07:07 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:57:21AM +0100, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 12:17 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Hi James,
> > >
> > > After merging the scsi tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> > > failed like this:
> > >
> > > drivers/staging/keucr/scsiglue.c:349:2: error: unknown field 'proc_info' specified in initializer
> > > drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rtsx.c:258:2: error: unknown field 'proc_info' specified in initializer
> > > drivers/staging/rts5139/rts51x_scsi.c:2190:2: error: unknown field 'proc_info' specified in initializer
> > >
> > > Caused by commit 104c4fe25dc9 ("[SCSI] remove scsi_host_template::proc_info").
> > >
> > > Since this is a staging driver, I applied these following patches:
> >
> > Yes, that looks about right, thanks. We haven't seen anything about
> > these drivers on the SCSI list, so I've no idea where they are in
> > development.
>
> Why is new patches going into your tree right now, during the 3.4 merge
> window? API changes should have happened weeks ago, to let others fix
> up things like this.

Yes, I'll defer this change to the next merge window.

James

> As for the "where they are in development", they vary, but, a simple
> grep should have shown you that these in-kernel drivers should also be
> fixed up, or at the least, give me the heads up to let me do it for you.
>
> Care to send me the patch that causes this problem so I can create a fix
> for this?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h




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