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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>,
	Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@gmail.com>,
	outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: android: Remove unneeded definition in header file
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 10:18:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151001081817.GA27354@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1510011003220.2765@hadrien>

On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:04:38AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Yes, but other files might use those functions and they need to still
> > build if the config option is not enabled.
> 
> Are there some drivers in particular for which one should watch out for
> this issue?

drivers/staging/android/ should be the only stuff that has this issue.
I'd recommend everyone staying away from drivers/staging/android/ unless
you are an Andoid kernel developer, and even those people know to keep
away from it :)

thanks,

greg k-h


  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-01  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-01  4:19 [PATCH] Staging: android: Remove unneeded definition in header file Shraddha Barke
2015-10-01  5:56 ` [Outreachy kernel] " Greg KH
2015-10-01  6:14   ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-10-01  8:00     ` Greg KH
2015-10-01  8:04       ` Julia Lawall
2015-10-01  8:18         ` Greg KH [this message]
2015-10-01  8:11   ` Shraddha Barke

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