linux-kernel - RE: [LKML] Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.6

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Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:33:46 -0700
From:	Marc Gauthier <marc@...silica.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [LKML] Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.6

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> xtensa-allmodconfig (hmm, this is not a new one, it felt through the
> cracks in -rc7 because of log line interleaving).
>
> Ugh, arch/xtensa/include/asm/regs.h defines way to generic symbols,
> like "MISC" (which causes the above breakage), and even a few
> 2-letter symbols, which surprisingly don't cause conflicts...

This particular one is already fixed in the xtensa linux-next tree
at git://github.com/czankel/xtensa-linux.git#for_next
(commit 36c74c2a16678e9ee6f08ef89eeebfdd1a96693d).

The short names in that header are for historical reasons.
It is indeed due for a cleanup.

-Marc
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