linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arc: kernel: add default extern variable 'screen

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:07:05 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
To:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"sachin.kamat@...aro.org" <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arc: kernel: add default extern variable 'screen_info'
 in "setup.c"

Hello Vineet:

hexagon meets the same issue, could you help send related patch for it?

If you have no time, please let me know, I should send it within next
month.

BTW: I assume hexagon need not support VGA_CONSOLE, either, if it is
incorrect, please let me know thanks.


> On 10/24/2013 07:50 PM, Vineet Gupta wrote:
>> On 10/24/2013 04:56 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
>>> If what you said is correct, could you help to send related patch for
>>> it? if I send this kind of patches, it will be easily redirected to
>>> "/dev/null".
>> 
>> Geert has explained the state of things quite nicely. Please send your patch to
>> introduce HAVE_xxx. I'm sure maintainers will respond to it as it is the correct
>> thing to do. But I don't want to add bloat to kernel for a random defconfig
>> failure which no one will really use for ARC.
>> 
>> If you think u can't/won't do it - let me know and I'll send the patches instead.
>> 
>
> Please help send.
> 
> Thanks. :-)
>

-- 
Chen Gang
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