2013/6/28 Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 01:25:27PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: > >> The vpe.c code uses the 'struct module' which is only available if >> CONFIG_MODULES is selected. >> >> Also fixes the following build problem on a lantiq allmodconfig: >> In file included from arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c:41:0: >> include/linux/moduleloader.h: In function 'apply_relocate': >> include/linux/moduleloader.h:48:63: error: dereferencing pointer >> to incomplete type >> include/linux/moduleloader.h: In function 'apply_relocate_add': >> include/linux/moduleloader.h:70:63: error: dereferencing pointer >> to incomplete type >> >> Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sigh. One more bug in the thing. It first of all shouldn't have been > designed recycling so much code from the module loader in inapropriate > ways. > > I'm going to apply the patch - but as usual whenver I have to touch the > VPE loader, kspd or rtlx I feel like a blunt chainsaw would be the right > way to fix this code. > > SPUFS is a special filesystem which was designed to use the Playstation 3's > synergetic elements. The code is in arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs > and it's a far, cleaner interface to other processing thingies, be they > synergetic elements, or other cores, VPEs and TCs running bare metal > code or strage things like custom processors. Would not remoteproc be a simpler interface these days to load bare-metal ELF code into one of these things? -- Florian
