Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751611Ab3IICTe (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:19:34 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f171.google.com ([209.85.223.171]:62600 "EHLO mail-ie0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751302Ab3IICTc (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:19:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130909015945.GA4029@kroah.com> References: <1378688580-11935-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> <20130909015945.GA4029@kroah.com> From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 07:48:51 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Disable lustre file system for MIPS, SH, and XTENSA To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guenter Roeck , LKML , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Peng Tao , Peng Tao Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 944 Lines: 27 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 06:03:00PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> mips allmodconfig fails with >> >> ERROR: "copy_from_user_page" [drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/libcfs.ko] >> undefined! >> >> which is due to LUSTRE using copy_from_user_page which is not exported by any >> architecture. > > Any, or just these arches? Arches, dungeon masters. >> Unfortunately, LUSTRE can only be built as module, so there is no >> easy fix. > > Can't we just export the functions for those arches? Surely lutre > isn't the first/only driver that needs this? It's simply necessary to keep up to date: we can't keep building new arches since the initial cost can be quite high. -- 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/