linux-kernel - Re: [BUG 2.6.36-rc5] of_i2c.ko <-> i2c-core.ko dependency loop

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Message-ID: <20100924133932.4320b993@endymion.delvare>
Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:39:32 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [BUG 2.6.36-rc5] of_i2c.ko <-> i2c-core.ko dependency loop

Hi Mikael,

On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:50:01 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> Jean Delvare writes:
>  > As far as I can see this is caused by this commit from Grant:
>  > 
>  > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=959e85f7751c33d1a2dabc5cc3fe2ed0db7052e5
>  > 
>  > Mikael, can you please try reverting this patch and see if it solves
>  > your problem?
> 
> Yes, reverting the above commit from 2.6.36-rc5 eliminated the warnings,
> and I was able to insmod the i2c-{core,dev,powermac}.ko modules.

Thanks for testing and reporting. Grant, unless you come up with a fix
very quickly, I'll have to revert
959e85f7751c33d1a2dabc5cc3fe2ed0db7052e5 for 2.6.36.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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