linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist.o needed by a module only

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Message-ID: <20080208204611.GE23197@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 21:46:11 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist.o needed by a module only - link it in  unconditionally

On Fri, Feb 08 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> lib/scatterlist.c is needed by drivers/media/video/videobuf-dma-sg.c, and 
> we would like to be able to use the latter without PCI too, for example, 
> on PXA270 ARM CPU. It is then possible to create a configuration with 
> CONFIG_BLOCK=n, where only module code will need scatterlist.c. Therefore 
> it must be in obj-y.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@...gutronix.de>

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>

Andrew, can I ask you to take care of this?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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