Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261317AbVE2S4z (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 14:56:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261331AbVE2S4z (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 14:56:55 -0400 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:31888 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261317AbVE2S4S (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 14:56:18 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:58:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alexander Nyberg cc: Pete Clements , linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc5-git3 fails compile -- acpi_boot_table_init In-Reply-To: <1117287439.952.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <200505281206.j4SC6iLa015878@clem.clem-digital.net> <1117287439.952.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 21 On Sat, 28 May 2005, Alexander Nyberg wrote: > > This is a neverending story > > linux/acpi.h contains empty declarations for acpi_boot_init() & > acpi_boot_table_init() but they are nested inside #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI. > > So we'll have to #ifdef in arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: setup_arch() Wouldn't it be much nicer to just fix instead? Or, if you really prefer this, then you should remove the now useless code from acpi.h. In either case, this patch looks wrong. Linus - 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/