On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:50:31PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote: >> On 07/04/2013 12:08 PM, Greg KH wrote: >> >> > config COMPILE_TEST >> >> > bool "Compile also drivers which will not load" >> >> > default n >> > This has _nothing_ to do with asm-generic, sorry. Please don't confuse >> > the issue. >> >> But when I choose allmodconfig, then "COMPILE_TEST=y". this may allow a >> module to compile under the architectures which no related HW support. >> >> When cause compiling issue (HW not support), it is not module's issue, >> we can not 'fix' module by force, and it is not architecture's issue, >> either. >> >> So we have to look for who has duty for this issue. At least now, it >> seems only 'asm-generic' can be qualified to play this unlucky role. > > You seem to not understand what asm-generic is, or does, or I still do > not understand what you are proposing. > > Please send a patch showing what you are trying to do here, so that we > can properly understand. The patch is in the first email of this thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/1/641 Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
