On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 02:05:36PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 10:29:08AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 10:15:35AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > If serial/atmel_serial.c is compiled with devicetree enabled, the
> > > following build error is observed.
> > >
> > > drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning:
> > > data definition has no type or storage class
> > > drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: error:
> > > type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE'
> > > drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning:
> > > parameter names (without types) in function declaration
> > >
> > > MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is used to specify devicetree compatibilities.
> > >
> > > Fixes: c39dfebc7798 ("drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular")
> > > Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 1 +
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > This hit my tree last night already with commit
> > 041497eb721ddbdc1e690316976dd8ba7bc136a2, so all should be fine in the
> > next linux-next release.
>
> Hi Guenter,
> Just a thought. It has happended many times that we both have sent
> patches to fix the same build fail. Maybe your patch got applied and
> mine came late or maybe mine was applied and you came late. But I think
> if we have a separate mailing list where people interested to fix and
> monitor build failures will be members and we Cc that list whenever we
> send patch for build fail and then in that case we will know that
> someone else has already sent a patch for this failure and we can invest
> the time in some other problem.
>
Hi Sudip,
I agree, it would make sense to have a build(/runtime?)-fixes-only mailing
list. Question though is how to limit noise on such a list and, of course,
where and how to set it up. Any thoughts ?
Guenter
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