linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcma: mips: Allow build if COMPILE

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Message-ID: <56AA64CD.90409@osg.samsung.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:58:21 -0300
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@....samsung.com>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: mips: Allow build if COMPILE_TEST is enabled

Hello Kalle,

On 01/28/2016 10:05 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> writes:
>
>> Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 10/14/2015 12:52 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>> Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for reporting this issue. I only did a partial build with
>>>>> make M=drivers/bcma but didn't think about implicit dependencies
>>>>> on other drivers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've posted this patch that should avoid this issue:
>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7391551/
>>>>
>>>> So this patch ("bcma: mips: Allow build if COMPILE_TEST is enabled")
>>>> depend on that patch ("mtd: Make MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH to depend on MIPS"),
>>>> right? So I cannot apply the bcma patch until the mtd patch is in my
>>>> tree.
>>>
>>> That's correct, sorry for not stating it explicitly.
>>
>> Ok, I put the patch now to "Awaiting Upstream" state in patchwork and
>> will apply it once I have the mtd patch.
>
> I don't see "mtd: Make MTD_BCM47XXSFLASH to depend on MIPS" in 4.4-rc1.

Yeah, my patch started a very long discussion which has become too MIPS
specific for me to follow. The latest email from January 24 is [0].

> I'll drop this now, please resend once the dependency patch is applied.
>

Yeah, just drop the patch and I can resend if/when the discussion of the
first patch settles and someone fix it properly.

[0]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/24/320

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America