From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 19:39:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ixp4xx: fix compilation by adding gpiolib support In-Reply-To: <87396qbtrx.fsf@lebrac.rtp-net.org> References: <1337789991-5283-1-git-send-email-richardcochran@gmail.com> <201205231743.50262.arnd@arndb.de> <87396qbtrx.fsf@lebrac.rtp-net.org> Message-ID: <201205231939.49681.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wednesday 23 May 2012, Arnaud Patard wrote: > Arnd Bergmann writes: > > > On Wednesday 23 May 2012, Richard Cochran wrote: > >> Once again, ixp4xx no longer even compiles. This patch fixes the issue > >> by converting over to gpiolib. This patch was first made by Imre and > >> posted by Marc, and I added in Russell's suggestion to empty the gpio > >> header file. > >> > >> This fix should also go for 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran > >> Cc: > > > > So has every kernel since 3.1 been broken, or is it just broken now > > but a good idea to backport anyway? > > every kernel since 3.1 (even 3.1-rc-something). Would be nice to see > this issue fixed as similar patches have been sent from time to time but > never been merged. Ok, thanks for the info. I'm sorry that it has come so far. I think Olof and I are generally doing a good job at picking up all the pull requests, but we sometimes miss single patches, especially when it's not clear that they are expected to go into the arm-soc tree. I have to admit that I didn't even remember who maintains ixp4xx, since there hasn't been a single ixp4xx patch from Imre or Krzysztof that I've put into the kernel over this time frame. I've put the patch into the fixes branch now, it should be part of the next round of submissions. What is the plan for ixp4xx going forward? Is one of you planning to maintain a git tree and collect patches for inclusion in arm-soc? I would be more comfortable just knowing where to pull from than having to watch the mailing list and making sure the maintainers Ack all the patches. If there is no tree, should we downgrade ixp4xx in the MAINTAINERS file from "Maintained" to "Odd fixes"? Arnd