linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for June 23 (net/can & i/o)

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:04:09 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for June 23 (net/can & i/o)

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:38:56 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com> wrote:
>
> not sure where this is coming from, but some Blackfin boards now fail with:
> 
> drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c: In function 'bfin_can_start_xmit':
> drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c:247: error: implicit declaration of function 'writew'
> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/can/bfin_can.o] Error 1

yeah, caused by the removal of the inclusion of mm.h from netdevice.h
(most probably).

> at any rate, the usage of writew() in this driver is wrong, so i sent
> a patch to fix it.  but since nothing in this file nor in my Blackfin
> tree changed, i wonder if whatever common code changed is going to
> break other stuff ...

It did indeed :-(

ah, well, I guess that is what I am here for :-)
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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