Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932201Ab3GEIDR (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jul 2013 04:03:17 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f54.google.com ([209.85.160.54]:55094 "EHLO mail-pb0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757088Ab3GEIDM (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jul 2013 04:03:12 -0400 Message-ID: <51D67D6C.4080603@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:01:48 +0800 From: Chen Gang F T User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chen Gang , Stephen Rothwell CC: Arnd Bergmann , Greg KH , Steven Rostedt , Geert Uytterhoeven , Richard Weinberger , Jeff Dike , David Sharp , 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> <20130704061204.GA12148@kroah.com> <51D517A7.6030908@asianux.com> <201307041125.15083.arnd@arndb.de> <51D60D53.7050405@gmail.com> <20130705101446.48deb2694f5fcdb060f41e5b@canb.auug.org.au> <51D617E9.8080907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51D617E9.8080907@gmail.com> 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: 2149 Lines: 62 Hello All: It seems 'asm-generic' dislikes 'mad users' (e.g allmodconfig, randconfig, and me). I guess the main reason is: 'asm-generic' thinks what mad users talk about is useless in real world, so it is just noisy. I can understand, at least what I talk about is not for urgent things. (maybe 'asm-generic' also thinks it not important either, every members have their own opinions). Next, I still use allmodconfig/randconfig for some architectures which I am interested in (and also for learning compilers), but I will skip all things which are related with 'asm-generic', since it dislikes me (a mad user). At last, I make an apologize to 'asm-generic' for my mad discussing. Bye !! On 07/05/2013 08:48 AM, Chen Gang F T wrote: > On 07/05/2013 08:14 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: >> On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:03:31 +0800 Chen Gang F T wrote: >>>> >>>> When a module select "COMPILE_TEST=y" (e.g with allmodconfig), it has >>>> right to compile under the architecture which no related HW support. >>>> >>>> If it can not pass compiling, at least it is not the module's issue, >>>> neither the architecture's issue. >>>> >>>> We have to look for who has duty on it. At least now, it seems only >>>> 'asm-generic' can be qualified to play this unlucky role. >> You keep saying this, but others have told you that this is not the >> problem. >> > > In real world, it is not the problem. > > But for 'mad users' (e.g. allmodconfig, randconfig, and me too), they > have not provided enough reason for it (prove that is not a problem for > 'mad users'). > > >>>> Could you provide your suggestions or completions for this issue ? >> If something doesn't build for a particular config, then either it needs >> to be fixed or excluded from building in that particular config. > > I agree with you, if get rid of 'COMPILE_TEST'. > > 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/