linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Add prefix 'SCORE

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:13:25 +0800
From:	Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Liqin Chen <liqin.linux@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Add prefix 'SCORE_'
 for related macros

Sorry for the typo
.....
To discover combinations which doesn't make sense might waste Chen's time.
....

2014-06-23 11:07 GMT+08:00 Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>:
> On 06/23/2014 12:28 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 06/22/2014 01:09 AM, Lennox Wu wrote:
>>> Hi Chen,
>>> Do you find other modules except device modules cause issues of
>>> compiling?
>>> The applications of Score are limited. Acutally, some errors never occur
>>> in the limited applications, for example, the conbination consists of
>>> Score and the timer of SuperH. I'm not sure we should handle this kind
>>> of error.
>>> If the rule is that we should make sure "all" modules can be compiled
>>> with Score, we will do it.
>>> However, we still thanks for your check.
>>>
>>
>> Other architectures don't care about buildability of allmodconfig or
>> allyesconfig
>> (arm is a good [or maybe bad] example), so it is for sure not mandatory.
>> On the other side, fixing such problems - especially when you have someone
>> doing it for you - may prevent problems down the road, so while not
>> mandatory
>> I consider it a useful goal to achieve.
>>
>> If there is a driver which doesn't make sense to build at all, such as
>> the SuperH
>> timer driver mentioned above, it can always be excluded from building
>> with Kconfig.
>> If that causes opposition for some reason, you can still ignore that it
>> fails
>> to build.
>>
>
> Yeah, what Guenter said is fine to me.
>
> Although allmodconfig is not mandatory, it is still a useful goal to
> achieve.
>
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Chen Gang
>
> Open, share, and attitude like air, water, and life which God blessed
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