2003-03-03 23:24:25

by Mikael Pettersson

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Subject: 2.5.63: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci

Compiling 2.5.63 with PCI enabled and SERIAL_8250 as a module
generates these warnings from scripts/file2alias:do_pci_entry(),
via scripts/modpost:

*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0001
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0002
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0004
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0008
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00
*** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00

Non-fatal, but something's obviously not right.

Who maintains drivers/serial/, Theodore Ts'o or Russell King?

/Mikael


2003-03-03 23:57:04

by Russell King

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Subject: Re: 2.5.63: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci

On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:34:41AM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> Compiling 2.5.63 with PCI enabled and SERIAL_8250 as a module
> generates these warnings from scripts/file2alias:do_pci_entry(),
> via scripts/modpost:
>
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0001
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0002
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0004
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:0008
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00
> *** Warning: Can't handle class_mask in drivers/serial/8250_pci:FFFF00
>
> Non-fatal, but something's obviously not right.
>
> Who maintains drivers/serial/, Theodore Ts'o or Russell King?

Me, but the entries are correct. If we're unable to support a class
mask of 0xffff00, a fair amount of stuff is going to break, since it'll
match the programming interface byte as well.

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