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Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:02:00 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
CC:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: atmel: header file for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

[[PATCH] serial: atmel: header file for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE] On 17/12/2015 (Thu 17:55) Sudip Mukherjee wrote:

> mips allmodconfig fails with the error:
> 
> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, atmel_serial_dt_ids);
>  ^

Yes, unfortunately I noticed the same thing when redoing my mips
build coverage.

> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: error: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE' [-Werror=implicit-int]
> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
> 
> commit c39dfebc7798 has made the driver non-modular and removed the
> header file and it is now compiled as a builtin driver. But since
> CONFIG_OF is defined for mips so we need the definition of
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to compile successfully.

No, this isn't the right fix.  We just delete the offending line.
I'll send the proper patch in a minute, once I add a reported by
line to it.

Paul.
--

> 
> Fixes: c39dfebc7798 ("drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular")
> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> ---
> 
> build log with next-20151217 is at:
> https://travis-ci.org/sudipm-mukherjee/parport/jobs/97388463
> 
> Log contains another error with gpio, patch for that has been separately
> submitted.
> 
>  drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> index 50e785a..e9a2fa4 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/irq.h>
>  #include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/io.h>
>  #include <asm/ioctls.h>
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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