linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix build errors on sh4 architecture

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Message-ID: <4E3862E6.508@lwfinger.net>
Date:	Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:49:42 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	John W Linville <linville@...driver.com>
CC:	geert@...ux-m68k.org, chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix build errors on sh4 architecture

On 08/02/2011 03:20 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2011-08-02 9:54 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
>> When rtlwifi is built for the sh4 architecture, build errors of the following
>> type occur. An explicit reference to<linux/io.h> should fix these. I have not
>> setup the cross-build environment, thus this patch is untested on that platform.
>> It does not cause any problems on i386 or x86_64.
>>
>> v3.0/sh4/sh-allmodconfig v3.0/sh4/sh-allyesconfig
>> src/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/../pci.h:290: error: implicit
>> declaration of function 'outl': 4 errors in 2 logs
>> v3.0/sh4/sh-allmodconfig v3.0/sh4/sh-allyesconfig
>> src/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/../pci.h:295: error: implicit
>> declaration of function 'outb': 4 errors in 2 logs
>> v3.0/sh4/sh-allmodconfig v3.0/sh4/sh-allyesconfig
>> src/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/../pci.h:300: error: implicit
>> declaration of function 'inb': 4 errors in 2 logs
>> v3.0/sh4/sh-allmodconfig v3.0/sh4/sh-allyesconfig
>> src/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/../pci.h:305: error: implicit
>> declaration of function 'inw': 4 errors in 2 logs
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven<geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I'm not sure where this goes. I guess that 3.2 would be OK, unless someone
>> actually tries to build it on sh4. The only time I have seen the errors is
>> in Geert's listing of errors and warnings.
> I looked at the code that uses raw port access, and it looks to me like this is
> just a bunch of x86 specific hacks to mess with the ASPM settings of the PCI
> bridge. This code should probably be either #ifdef'd, removed or rewritten. I
> doubt it'll work properly on other architectures.

Thanks Felix.

John,

I'll take another look at this. Please drop the patch.

Larry
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