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Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:49:05 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless
 tree related)

On 12/15/2010 09:29 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc allyesconfig)
> failed like this:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c: In function 'rtl92c_init_sw_vars':
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c:76: error: implicit declaration of function 'vmalloc'
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c:76: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c: In function 'rtl92c_deinit_sw_vars':
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c:91: error: implicit declaration of function 'vfree'
>
> Caused by commit 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d ("rtl8192ce:
> Add new driver").  Rule 1 from Documentation/SubmitChecklist.
>
> I have reverted that commit for today.

Sorry for the omission. This error arises because my only platforms get the 
header included implicitly.

This patch will fix the problem - I will formally submit it through John Linville.

Larry
---

Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192c-sw.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
   *
   *****************************************************************************/

+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
  #include "../wifi.h"
  #include "../core.h"
  #include "../pci.h"





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