Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933498Ab3GDC3m (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jul 2013 22:29:42 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:26931 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932206Ab3GDC3l (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jul 2013 22:29:41 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=KtrPKBqN c=1 sm=0 a=Sro2XwOs0tJUSHxCKfOySw==:17 a=Drc5e87SC40A:10 a=6tI4O6vlircA:10 a=5SG0PmZfjMsA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=meVymXHHAAAA:8 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=S9odRq4Da1AA:10 a=t3_5rUYJhKDO2DNmMWQA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=Sro2XwOs0tJUSHxCKfOySw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 67.255.60.225 Message-ID: <1372904975.22688.142.camel@gandalf.local.home> Subject: Re: [PATCH] include/asm-generic/io.h: add dummy fuctions to support 'COMPILE_TEST' in 'asm-generic'. From: Steven Rostedt To: Chen Gang F T Cc: Chen Gang , Greg KH , Arnd Bergmann , Geert Uytterhoeven , Richard Weinberger , Jeff Dike , David Sharp , "sfr@canb.auug.org.au" , Ingo Molnar , uml-devel , uml-user , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Linux-Arch , Mark Brown , David Miller , Andrew Morton , Jiri Kosina , Jiri Slaby Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:29:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <51D4D9A4.3020402@gmail.com> References: <51CA8AB8.7080504@asianux.com> <51D375AA.5060300@asianux.com> <201307031014.12583.arnd@arndb.de> <51D3E440.7090105@asianux.com> <51D4C87E.5070605@asianux.com> <20130704011221.GA11230@kroah.com> <51D4D4A0.6080401@asianux.com> <1372903390.22688.139.camel@gandalf.local.home> <51D4D9A4.3020402@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 23 On Thu, 2013-07-04 at 10:10 +0800, Chen Gang F T wrote: > Select "COMPILE_TEST=y" with allmodconfig, but can not pass compiling in > many architectures, one of the most reasons is "HW does not support". > > 'asm-generic' is really existent for a long time, and make an important > role for both architectures and modules. > The purpose of asm-generic is to add a standard infrastructure that some archs may be able to optimize. It's not so that all archs can compile all modules. I'm still confused by what you are trying to accomplish. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/