linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc iseries link error in allmodconfig

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Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:22:49 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Judith Lebzelter <judith@...l.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  powerpc iseries link error in allmodconfig

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:57:19 +0000 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:34 -0800, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> > Choose rpa_vscsi.c over iseries_vscsi.c when building both
> > pseries and iseries.
>
> Would it not be better to make them both work instead?

The maintainer's take on this is the noone installs onto vscsi disks on
legacy iSeries.

> Untested-but-otherwise-Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>

And that will, unfortunately, never get into 2.6.20.  I suggest that we
put the simpler patch into 2.6.20 and maybe revisit this afterwards if
we think it is worth the effort.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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