On 01/28/10 07:41, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:23:34 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today's linux-next build (powerpc allnoconfig) failed like this:
>>
>> ld: drivers/i2c/chips/built-in.o: No such file: No such file or directory
>>
>> Caused by commit b75349f118718a435f2bb7b6e675572ecd591627 ("tsl2550: Move
>> form i2c/chips to als and update interfaces"). This removes the last
>> driver from drivers/i2c/chips/ . Maybe it needs to remove the directory
>> completely and the references to it from drivers/i2c as well.
>>
>> I have reverted that commit for today.
>
> My bad. I asked Jonathan to split the directory removal from the driver
> move for clarity. I didn't expect this to cause a build failure.
>
> Jonathan, I guess that at least the drivers/i2c/Makefile part must be
> moved back to the tsl2550 driver move patch. I leave it to you whether
> you want to move all the rest back as well, or just that part.
>
> Thanks Stephen for the heads up and sorry again for the breakage.
>
Sorry from me as well. It never occurred to me either that it might cause
a build failure.
It does make sense to keep these two steps separate. Ah well, I guess any
work around would be a pretty terrible cludge. I'll roll these two patches
back together and otherwise we will end up with something even less coherent.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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