On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:56:18 +0200 Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Bob Tracy <rct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Another 2.6.37-rc8 build failure on alpha: > >> > >> (...) > >> CC [M] drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.o > >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c: In function 'i801_probe': > >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c:737: error: implicit declaration of function 'kzalloc' > >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c:737: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast > >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c:855: error: implicit declaration of function 'kfree' > >> make[3]: *** [drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.o] Error 1 > >> make[2]: *** [drivers/i2c/busses] Error 2 > >> make[1]: *** [drivers/i2c] Error 2 > >> make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > >> > >> --Bob > > > > Is this specific to alpha? I wonder why we don't see this on other platforms? > > The x86 version of <asm/pci.h> includes <linux/slab.h> which hides the > problem on x86 at least. There was a big cleanup of implicit > <linux/slab.h> inclusions few months ago which has exposed the > problem. > > It's a bug in the driver, just add the include there. exactly. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** desserts: http://www.xenotime.net/linux/recipes/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
