linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] pnp: pnpbios: Add explicit X86

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Date:	Sun, 1 May 2016 11:52:39 -0400
From:	William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] pnp: pnpbios: Add explicit X86_32 dependency to
 PNPBIOS

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 01:51:19AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>On 4/11/2016 3:25 PM, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
>> The PNPBIOS driver requires preprocessor defines (located in
>> include/asm/segment.h) only declared if the architecture is set to
>> X86_32. If the architecture is set to X86_64, the PNPBIOS driver will
>> not build properly. The X86 dependecy for the PNPBIOS configuration
>> option is changed to an explicit X86_32	dependency in order to prevent
>> an attempt to build for an unsupported architecture.
>>
>> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
>
>Has anyone taken care of this already?
>
>If not, can you possibly resend this patch with a CC to 
>linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org so I can pick it up via Patchwork more easily?

I'm not sure when this patchset will appear in driver-core, so I have
resent this particular patch with a CC to linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org so
that Rafael J. Wysocki can pick it up more easily.

William Breathitt Gray