linux-kernel - Re: x86 git acpi issue?

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 13:10:04 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86 git acpi issue?


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:02:37PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Sat, 3 May 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > Right. This Makefile is a nasty trap. I looked into it and the fix for 
> > > > now is below. Long term this Makefile trickery needs to be cleaned up 
> > > > to avoid trapping into this again.
> > > 
> > > Thanks Thomas, i messed up that commit - i should have known that the 
> > > NUMAQ build fix looked _too_ easy ;-)
> > 
> > Also the move of 
> > pci-$(CONFIG_ACPI)             += acpi.o
> > is what broke things.
> > 
> > There is a nasty init function ordering problem as well between
> > 
> > pci-$(CONFIG_ACPI)             += acpi.o
> > pci-y                          += legacy.o irq.o
> > 
> > Sigh.
> 
> This is the kind of stuff that has prevented me from unifying the two 
> Makefiles. But if no-one beats me I will give it a shot soon. It will 
> be a microsteps because we will likeky hit such issues.

yeah, it needs to be micro-steps (nice word! :) as this stuff is very 
subtle.

	Ingo
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