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Re: [PATCH] compat-wireless: support RHEL6 as a build target

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:41 AM, John W. Linville
<linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch enables compatibility with RHEL6 as a build target.

:) !

>  This
> mostly includes changes to the configuration system, as well as a
> modification of an existing patch for the bluetooth subsystem.
>
> Infrastructure is added to config.mk to provide a series of RHEL
> compatibility definitions (e.g. CONFIG_COMPAT_RHEL_6_1).  Also, this
> provides some new CONFIG_* definitions needed to provide for build
> flexibility required to support RHEL6:
>
>        CONFIG_COMPAT_KFIFO
>        CONFIG_COMPAT_FIRMWARE_DATA_RW_NEEDS_FILP
>        CONFIG_COMPAT_BT_SOCK_CREATE_NEEDS_KERN

I hate to ask but can these be dealt with as separate patches?

> Further, CONFIG_COMPAT_FIRMWARE_CLASS has it's leading space removed in
> config.mk so that it will be reflected in compat_autoconf.h as required.

And this one too?

> The latter two definitions also lack leading whitespace for the same
> reason.
>
> Finally, gen-compat-autoconf.sh is modified to correctly handle the
> CONFIG_COMPAT_RHEL_* usage in config.mk.
>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If too lazy I'll just merge, but it would make it easier to review /
debug if we have issues later.

  Luis
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