netdev - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (net-next tree related)

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Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:20:07 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, paulus@...ba.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree
 (net-next tree related)

On Sat, 2012-09-22 at 16:00 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 
> I think I'm going to just end up restricting this driver to X86
> as was originally suggested.

Probably the easiest fix indeed.

> There seems to be no real consistent Kconfig protection for users
> of isa_virt_to_bus() and friends.
> 
> We know that ISA_DMA_API doesn't do it, and ISA doesn't do it either
> as powerpc also allows that to bet set for CHRP and friends.

It's a old mess :-( And not an easy one to untangle...

Cheers,
Ben.


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