Re: ssb: Fix regression caused by disabling PCI cores on non-MIPS architecture

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:

> Some MPIS-based SoCs use chips driven by b43 for wireless capability.
> When ssb is configured as a module, build errors happen on these
> platforms as described in the commit 882164a4a928 ("ssb: Prevent build
> of PCI host features in module"). Unfortunately that change leads to
> the removal of code needed for correct operation on platforms that use
> PCI cores on the chip bus. The fix allows ssb to be build as a module
> for all architectures other than MIPS. This approach is ad-hoc, but it
> is the same as done in commit a9e6d44ddecc ("ssb: Do not disable PCI
> host on non-Mips").
> 
> This problem was reported and discussed in
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1572349.
> 
> Fixes: commit 882164a4a928 ("ssb: Prevent build of PCI host features in module")
> Tested-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@mips.com>
> Tested-by: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
> Cc: Michael Büsch <m@bues.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Dropped per Larry's request (on the other thread).

Patch set to Rejected.

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