linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] Sparc

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Message-ID: <20120521182400.GA6043@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2012 20:24:00 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Sparc

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:37:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:03 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > There is going to be a merge conflict between the commit in the
> > net-next tree that adds the Sparc BPF JIT, and the one in here which
> > adds arch/sparc/Kbuild.  It should be quite easy to resolve.
> 
> Ok, so that had a very obvious resolution, and a "cleaner, but scarier" version.
> 
> I picked the cleaner but scarier one - the one that should make the
> BFP JIT be built when you do "make arch/sparc" by putting the net
> thing into the new arch/sparc/Kbuild file.
OK.

> 
> I did minimal testing with "make ARCH=sparc" without actually
> *building* anything, and in the process also fixed the fact that you
> should not select HAVE_BPF_JIT unless networking is enabled (crappy
> interface - maybe that "if NET" part really should be in the
> HAVE_BPF_JIT rules, not in all the architectures?)

HAVE_BPF_JIT is only used to make the BPF_JIT prompt visible.
And BPF_JIT depends on NET.

So the "if NET" part in the select is redundant but not strictly wrong.

	Sam
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