linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] include: warn for inconsistent endian config definition

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Message-ID: <c1b36fc4-21ae-4c3a-41ae-ecbab3d15d1d@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 09:39:03 -0500
From:   Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>,
        Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>,
        Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] include: warn for inconsistent endian config
 definition


On 6/9/2017 9:11 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Babu,
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com> wrote:
>> On 6/9/2017 2:16 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Here is the original discussion
>>>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/devicetree/msg178101.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
>>>>> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Yes. Got it.  So patch #1 is fine.   But, patch #2 might cause regressions.
>> Should I drop patch 2.
> No, it should be applied, and regressions should be fixed.

Geert,  Ok. Sure. I will resubmit the patch mentioning all the 
files(base.c, fdt.c etc..) that are affected by this change.
thanks
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
>
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