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

Greg KH
2012-01-05T23:20:34Z

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 05:28:56PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> After merging the driver-core tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
>
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c: In function 'microcode_init':
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:557:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'sysdev_driver_unregister' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:557:28: error: 'cpu_sysdev_class' undeclared (first use in this function)
> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:557:47: error: 'mc_sysdev_driver' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> Caused by commit 8a25a2fd126c ("cpu: convert 'cpu' and 'machinecheck'
> sysdev_class to a regular subsystem") interacting with commit
> bd399063976c ("x86, microcode: Fix the failure path of microcode update
> driver init code") which was added to Linux' tree in v3.2-rc5,
>
> I have applied the following merge fix patch:

Thanks, this looks good, and I'll queue it up when push these to Linus.

greg k-h