linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: tegra: don't auto-enable for COMPILE

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdY1gojATRmNL0GUo6Nw1q6t45r7fzLq_DyX90Ja=scYCw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:39:36 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Alexander Stein <alexanders83@....de>,
	William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: tegra: don't auto-enable for COMPILE_TEST

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

>> Patch applied.
>
> This is still not upstream and this build failure is very prominent in the
> upstream kernel right now.

Sent it off to Torvalds, sorry for the delay. A case of bad connectivity
in my resort or I would have dealt with it quicker :(

>> I'm starting to get a bit tired about anything related to compile testing.
>
> They are very useful in finding real problems as well, and some people
> (like me! :-) rely on being able to generate random kernel images and
>  boot them.

Yeah that is good. I have a huge pile of enablement patches in my
tree, I just need to find someone to merge them one-by-one preceded
by fixes to the problems they bring to the surface...

Yours,
Linus Walleij