Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:46:35 -0700 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] bgmac: Fix build error seen if BCM47XX is not configured |
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 10:21:49PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > On 15 April 2015 at 22:05, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote: > > arm:allmodconfig fails to build as follows since ARCH_BCM_5301X > > is configured but not BCM47XX. > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c: In function 'bgmac_probe': > > drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c:1643:2: error: > > implicit declaration of function 'bcm47xx_nvram_getenv' > > > > Fixes: fc300dc3733f ("bgmac: allow enabling on ARCH_BCM_5301X") > > Cc: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > > --- > > Seen in today's upstream kernel. > > > > I don't like this fix too much (I think it is quite kludgy), > > so I marked it RFC (and please don't beat the messenger ;-). > > Ooh great, I totally forgot about this :| > > The problem is that fc300dc (bgmac: allow enabling on ARCH_BCM_5301X) > [0] shouldn't really be sent (by me) in the first place. This is > because it depends on 138173d (MIPS: BCM47xx: Move NVRAM header to the > include/linux/.) [1] which isn't in Linus's tree yet. > > So there are two solutions: > 1) Revert fc300dc, wait for 138173d and re-apply fc300dc > 2) Wait for 138173d with this build breakage > > I guess the decisions depends on > a) time needed for David to revert fc300dc & send pull request > vs. > b) time needed for Ralf to send pull request > > David, Ralf, what do you think about this? >
Since the fix is in the queue, maybe we can live with the breakage for a few days ? Your solution is definitely _much_ better than my hack.
Guenter
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