Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757006Ab3GEALa (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jul 2013 20:11:30 -0400 Received: from intranet.asianux.com ([58.214.24.6]:48422 "EHLO intranet.asianux.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756909Ab3GEAL3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jul 2013 20:11:29 -0400 X-Spam-Score: -100.8 Message-ID: <51D60EFA.7070703@asianux.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:10:34 +0800 From: Chen Gang User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geert Uytterhoeven CC: Greg KH , Chen Gang F T , Steven Rostedt , Arnd Bergmann , 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH] include/asm-generic/io.h: add dummy fuctions to support 'COMPILE_TEST' in 'asm-generic'. References: <20130704011221.GA11230@kroah.com> <51D4D4A0.6080401@asianux.com> <1372903390.22688.139.camel@gandalf.local.home> <51D4D9A4.3020402@gmail.com> <1372904975.22688.142.camel@gandalf.local.home> <51D4E133.2010201@gmail.com> <1372907201.22688.147.camel@gandalf.local.home> <51D4EB7D.2020809@gmail.com> <20130704040859.GA2869@kroah.com> <51D4FF17.4040503@asianux.com> <20130704061204.GA12148@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1621 Lines: 39 On 07/04/2013 04:09 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Greg KH wrote: >> > On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:50:31PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote: >>> >> On 07/04/2013 12:08 PM, Greg KH wrote: >>>>>> >> >> > config COMPILE_TEST >>>>>> >> >> > bool "Compile also drivers which will not load" >>>>>> >> >> > default n >>>> >> > This has _nothing_ to do with asm-generic, sorry. Please don't confuse >>>> >> > the issue. >>> >> >>> >> But when I choose allmodconfig, then "COMPILE_TEST=y". this may allow a >>> >> module to compile under the architectures which no related HW support. >>> >> >>> >> When cause compiling issue (HW not support), it is not module's issue, >>> >> we can not 'fix' module by force, and it is not architecture's issue, >>> >> either. >>> >> >>> >> So we have to look for who has duty for this issue. At least now, it >>> >> seems only 'asm-generic' can be qualified to play this unlucky role. >> > >> > You seem to not understand what asm-generic is, or does, or I still do >> > not understand what you are proposing. >> > >> > Please send a patch showing what you are trying to do here, so that we >> > can properly understand. > The patch is in the first email of this thread: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/1/641 Yeah, check history directly may be more precise. Thanks. -- Chen Gang -- 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/