On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:36:31 +0100 Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What is devm_stm_pad_claim()? I can't find this function in linus' > > > tree, or in -next, or in Andrew's -mm series. Where is this function > > > from? > > > > This comes from our STMicroelectronics platform pad management > > infrastructure; code available from: > > http://git.stlinux.com/?p=stm/linux-sh4-2.6.32.y.git;a=summary It's > > used to claim/manage various resources i.e. PIO and clock lines. > > That's interesting. So, this driver won't build with linus' tree? I > didn't think that the kernel catered for external interfaces like this > - it causes all sorts of issues, not least of which is the fact that > the driver can't be built or tested with the mainline kernel. > > Andrew, what do you make of this? It definitely needs to be compileable. Otherwise it's dead code to everyone else and nobody can maintain it as they make tree-wide or subsystem-wide changes. Also I do think the code in mainline should be able to be excecutable (and testable!) without external code dependencies. This gets into the realm of licensing concerns: is the out-of-tree code GPL? If not then people will make a big fuss. If it _is_ GPL then get it merged up! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
