linux-kernel - Re: drivers/staging/meilhaus build broken with ftrace

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Date:	Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:58:15 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	David Kiliani <mail@...idkiliani.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: drivers/staging/meilhaus build broken with ftrace


 > Now the question is, is this a crucial enough change to push for 31, or 
 > should we leave this for 32?

I would say yes, push it for 31, since a distro is most likely going to
want to enable staging drivers and ftrace, and will hit this build
breakage.

 > This patch is small enough for 31, but to add a warning would require a 
 > little more code rework. I can queue this up for 31 and then have the 
 > warning ready for 32.

Sounds like a good plan.  The warning will probably push someone to
figure out what the meilhaus code is really trying to do.

 - R.
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