Re: linux-next: driver-core tree build failure

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 01:19:42PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:10, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:50:44AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> >> Today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> >>
> >> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c: In function 'ps3_system_bus_probe':
> >> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c:379: error: 'struct device' has no member named 'bus_id'
> >> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c: In function 'ps3_system_bus_remove':
> >> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c:401: error: 'struct device' has no member named 'bus_id'
> >>
> >> Caused by commit aab0d375e01d8c16e7e5b9bd915dfaa0a815418f ("powerpc:
> >> struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()") not
> >> being thorough enough before commit
> >> 73babb2d89a71d2110b65aab658e6309748827c2 ("driver core: get rid of struct
> >> device's bus_id string array") was applied.
> >>
> >> I have reverted the latter commit.
> >
> > Gotta love the ps3 platform code, there is about 3 different fields
> > called "bus_id" in that file :(
> 
> Yeah, that's "fun", especially if you don't have the environment to
> compile it. :)
> 
> > Anyway, here's a patch that should fix this, Kay, look sane?
> 
> Looks fine, yes.

Thanks, I've queued it up and sent it to the ps3 maintainer for review.

greg k-h