I disagree with the output of the automaton. Included below are my compile checks before and after the patch. The output has been scrubbed to remove information about my file layout. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [~ linux]$ git branch -v master 31ade3b Linux 4.4-rc3 * pat 31ade3b Linux 4.4-rc3 [~ linux]$ make -j5 drivers/staging/skein/skein_block.o CHK include/config/kernel.release CHK include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h CHK include/generated/timeconst.h CHK include/generated/bounds.h CHK include/generated/asm-offsets.h CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CC drivers/staging/skein/skein_block.o [~ linux]$ pwd ~/linux [~ linux]$ git branch -v master 31ade3b Linux 4.4-rc3 * pat 31ade3b Linux 4.4-rc3 [~ linux]$ git branch -v master 31ade3b Linux 4.4-rc3 * pat 4d2271c Staging: Skein: Moved macros from skein_block.c to header file. [~ linux]$ pwd ~/linux [~ linux]$ make -j5 drivers/staging/skein/skein_block.o CHK include/config/kernel.release UPD include/config/kernel.release CHK include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h CHK include/generated/timeconst.h CHK include/generated/bounds.h CHK include/generated/asm-offsets.h CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CC drivers/staging/skein/skein_block.o _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel