linux-kernel - Re: [patch -mm] Make check_signature() depend on CONFIG_HAS

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:25:37 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [patch -mm] Make check_signature() depend on CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM

> check_signature() needs readb() but with some setups (s390, m68k allmodconfig)
> there is no implementation of readb.  This causes build errors with
> -Werror-implicit-function-declaration.

This completely bogus. readb() should be present on M68K, fix the
platform to implement readb() for MMIO, even if your MMIO readb is a
moveb instruction.

check_signature is relevant for anything with MMIO space (for example you
can legitimately want to check_signature a MAC68K Nubus ROM).

S/390 is a bit of a special case as no S/390 usage of check_signature
appears sane but equally it isn't used so you can stub it out.

Alan
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