Re: linux-next: Tree for June 24 (mtd + of)

[Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>]

On 6/26/11, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 00:11 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
>> > 3.0-rc4 does not have this build error when I use the .config file with
>> > it...
>> > however, I think that 3.0-rc4 also does not build ofpart.ko as it
>> > should.
>> >
>> > Looks to me like changes in drivers/mtd/{Kconfig && Makefile} caused
>> > this
>> > build error.
>>
>> The following commit in linux-next appears to be the culprit:
>>
>> commit 1a6bc893044b961caae1c5a9c6c2065e608da427
>> Author: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
>> Date:   Sun May 29 21:32:33 2011 +0400
>>
>>     mtd: prepare to convert of_mtd_parse_partitions to partition parser
>>
>>     Prepare to convert of_mtd_parse_partitions() to usual partitions
>> parser:
>>     1) Register ofpart parser
>>     2) Internally don't use passed device for error printing
>>     3) Add device_node to mtd_part_parser_data struct
>>     4) Move of_mtd_parse_partitions from __devinit to common text section
>>     5) add ofpart to the default list of partition parsers
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
>>     Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
>>
>> It adds a module_init() call to ofpart.c which does not work the way
>> that ofpart.c is linked to mtdcore.o.  Seems like that commit series
>> still needs work.
>
> OK, let's ask Dmitry to take a look at this.

Yes, I've forgot about this... ofpart can be made a simple module now.
I'll send two patches in five minutes or so.

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With best wishes
Dmitry