netdev - Re: [PATCH] isdn: disable HiSax NetJet driver on microblaze arch

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Message-Id: <20150621.095400.890337700038231482.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nicstange@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	isdn@...ux-pingi.de, jdelvare@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: disable HiSax NetJet driver on microblaze arch

From: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:05:02 +0200

> Fix an allmodconfig compilation failer on microblaze due to big endian
> architectures being apparently unsupported by the NetJet code:
>   drivers/isdn/hisax/nj_s.c: In function 'setup_netjet_s':
>   drivers/isdn/hisax/nj_s.c:265:2:
>       error: #error "not running on big endian machines now"
> 
> Modify the relevant Kconfig such that the NetJet code is not built on
> microblaze anymore.
> 
> Note that endianess on microblaze is not determined through Kconfig,
> but by means of a compiler provided CPP macro, namely __MICROBLAZEEL__.
> However, gcc defaults to big endianess on that platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
> ---
>  The maintainer tree listed under "ISDN SUBSYSTEM" in MAINTAINERS does
>  not exist anymore. I created the diff against the Linus tree.

Applied, but we're long overdue for an across-the-board-available
endianness Kconfig option that can flat out be used in these situations.
The current way this is handled is at best, a mess.
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