Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the mfd tree

Mike Rapoport
2010-08-09T08:51:41Z

Hi Samuel,

Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Samuel,
>
> After merging the mfd tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> failed like this:
>
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c: In function 'tps6586x_add_subdevs':
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:272: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:273: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:275: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:275: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:278: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c: In function 'tps6586x_i2c_probe':
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:324: warning: passing argument 2 of 'tps6586x_add_subdevs' from incompatible pointer type
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:265: note: expected 'struct tps6586x_platform_data *' but argument is of type 'struct tps6586x_platform_data *'
> drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c:330: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
>
> Caused by commit 8232c2794cf0e39b38d089eff49500461ecdbb8f ("mfd: Add
> TPS6586x driver"). "struct tps6586x_platform_data" is not defined
> anywhere ...

It seems to me that the include/linux/mfd/tps6586x.h was omitted from your
commit to the mfd tree. Can you please check?

> I have used the mfd tree from next-20100807 for today.

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.