linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix compile failure on PA-RISC

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Date:	Sat, 5 May 2012 14:55:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
To:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix compile failure on PA-RISC

On Sat, 5 May 2012, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:

> Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > This patch fixes compile failure on PA-RISC.
> > 
> > BTW. if the PA-RISC port is uncompilable for all 3.4-rc versions (and
> > contains two other bugs that prevent it from booting) ... does it mean
> > that I'm the only one who is using PA-RISC with recent kernel?
> > 
> > Mikulas
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Fix compile failure on PA-RISC
> > 
> > This patch fixes compile error on PA-RISC.
> > 
> > The problem is this:
> > linux/bitops.h includes asm/bitops.h. Through a chain of dependencies
> > asm/bitops.h includes asm/page.h and asm/page.h needs function fls and
> > others defined in asm/bitops.h and linux/bitops.h --- and these
> > functions are not yet defined because the files linux/bitops.h and
> > asm/bitops.h hasn't been fully processed.
> 
> I've posted a set of patches on 2012-04-21 both on linux-kernel and linux-
> parisc, but apart from one ACK I got no reaction.
> 
> I did only move the definition of PAGE0 from asm/pdc.h to asm/page.h and fixed 
> another bunch of breakage that was detected while fixing this.
> 
> Eike

I acknowledge that your patches work. So send them directly to Linus. I 
think there is not much maintenance being done on PA-RISC.

Mikulas
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