linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Add prefix 'SCORE

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:07:17 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>
CC:	Liqin Chen <liqin.linux@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/score/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h: Add prefix 'SCORE_'
 for related macros

On 06/23/2014 12:28 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 06/22/2014 01:09 AM, Lennox Wu wrote:
>> Hi Chen,
>> Do you find other modules except device modules cause issues of
>> compiling?
>> The applications of Score are limited. Acutally, some errors never occur
>> in the limited applications, for example, the conbination consists of
>> Score and the timer of SuperH. I'm not sure we should handle this kind
>> of error.
>> If the rule is that we should make sure "all" modules can be compiled
>> with Score, we will do it.
>> However, we still thanks for your check.
>>
> 
> Other architectures don't care about buildability of allmodconfig or
> allyesconfig
> (arm is a good [or maybe bad] example), so it is for sure not mandatory.
> On the other side, fixing such problems - especially when you have someone
> doing it for you - may prevent problems down the road, so while not
> mandatory
> I consider it a useful goal to achieve.
> 
> If there is a driver which doesn't make sense to build at all, such as
> the SuperH
> timer driver mentioned above, it can always be excluded from building
> with Kconfig.
> If that causes opposition for some reason, you can still ignore that it
> fails
> to build.
> 

Yeah, what Guenter said is fine to me.

Although allmodconfig is not mandatory, it is still a useful goal to
achieve.


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

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