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Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:49:48 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for March 19 (wireless/p54)

Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 19 March 2009 18:28:30 Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Changes since 20090318:
>>
>> ERROR: "led_classdev_register" [drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.ko] undefined!
>> ERROR: "led_classdev_unregister" [drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.ko] undefined!
>>
>> One possible option (fix) is to have CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS also select
>> LEDS_CLASS (that would build the missing functions).
> 
> Does p54 select CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS? If that's the case, I think it should

  No, it doesn't.  p54common.c just has a large block of code that is
surrounded by
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
...
#endif

so we could argue that it's just purely a p54 bug.

> probably do it the other way around. p54 should build its LED code if CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
> is available. Otherwise it should not.
> 
> This way you don't enter the SELECT dependency hell and still have automagic configuration.
> 
> Take a look at b43 for an example.


-- 
~Randy
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