linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

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Message-ID: <20080509102806.GH19617@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 9 May 2008 12:28:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] x86 fixes


* Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 May 2008 14:49:07 +0200 (CEST)
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 May 2008, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > On Mon, 5 May 2008 18:12:02 +0300
> > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:35:42PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > >...
> > > > > Thomas Gleixner (2):
> > > > >...
> > > > >       x86: olpc build fix
> > > > >...
> > > > > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > > > @@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ config GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER
> > > > >  
> > > > >  config OLPC
> > > > >  	bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
> > > > > +	depends on MGEODE_LX
> > > > >  	default n
> > > > >  	help
> > > > >...
> > > > 
> > > > This patch not only excludes OLPC and code depending on it
> > > > (currently BATTERY_OLPC) from all{mod,yes}config builds (where it
> > > > built fine) but also makes it very hard for generic distribution
> > > > kernels to support the OLPC.
> > > > 
> > > > The commit comment does not indicate what the actual problem was,
> > > > and if this patch was sent to linux-kernel I must have missed it.
> > > > 
> > > > What exactly was the build problem?
> > > > Can we fix it in a less invasive way?
> > > 
> > > Also, it would've been nice to have been CC'd on this; I didn't see
> > > it until it was committed.
> > 
> > Sorry, this should not have gone mainline. We had your patch queued
> > (via Andrew) and it had testing failures, which we sent to you. One
> > workaround was that build patch. When we dropped your patch we forgot
> > to remove the workaround as well.
> > 
> 
> Will it be removed, then? [...]

yes, it's all lined up for the next x86 pull.

	Ingo
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