linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] m68k: set dma and coherent masks for Macintosh SONIC based ethernet

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Date:   Mon, 28 May 2018 12:15:52 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] m68k: set dma and coherent masks for Macintosh SONIC
 based ethernet

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 7:26 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2018, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>> Am 27.05.2018 um 17:49 schrieb Finn Thain:
>> > On Sun, 27 May 2018, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>> >
>> >> That should have fixed the warning already ...
>> >
>> > It's still not fixed (hence my "acked-by" for Geunter's patch).
>> >
>>
>> Odd - does link order still matter even though the
>> arch_setup_dev_archdata() function from the core platform code is
>> declared as a weak symbol?
>>
>> I'll see what I can find out on elgar ...
>>
>
> Any one of the numerous patches/rfcs/suggestions that I sent will avoid
> the WARN splat.
>
> When I said "it's still not fixed", what I meant to say was, "it's still
> not fixed in mainline and no proposed fix was accepted to the best of my
> knowledge".

Indeed.

Do we have a consensus on the way forward? The merge window for
v4.18 will open soon.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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