From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: linux-next: driver-core tree build failure Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 06:51:35 -0700 Message-ID: <20090509135135.GA17349@kroah.com> References: <20090504162542.41b1cb57.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20090509211611.35504c97.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:32824 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753722AbZEINzO (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2009 09:55:14 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090509211611.35504c97.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Kay Sievers On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 09:16:11PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Mon, 4 May 2009 16:25:42 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > Today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: > > > > drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:965: error: unknown field 'nodename' specified in initializer > > drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:965: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type > > > > Caused by commit 5b1e3a40a98ad5a822cb527439cd57dc60a41db9 ("Driver Core: > > devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs"). As far as I can see the > > version of this patch in your quilt series currently has never been > > posted anywhere public ... The diff summaries for the previous and > > current version of this patch are: > > > > - 18 files changed, 484 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > + 38 files changed, 599 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > > > Which is a pretty big change for something in linux-next. So, can we > > please remove this patch until it has proper review, been tested and has > > settled down a bit. > > OK, so now I have another new version of this patch (split up as many > patches) in the driver-core tree (destined for linux-next) which has also > not been posted to LKML (which is where I assumed it would be posted). I > think people would like the opportunity to review this stuff. Yes, it will be sent there, I thought it more important to get my tree working again and out there, thinking you were not going to be doing a linux-next release over the weekend. Was I incorrect in that assumption? I'll be sending it in a few hours. thanks, greg k-h