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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, ben@fluff.org,
	torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Fix spi_bitbang.h
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:11:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612070911.22556.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <28598.1165505855@redhat.com>

On Thursday 07 December 2006 7:37 am, David Howells wrote:
> David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > NAK.  Headers don't compile.  A driver including this _might_ need to
> > include that header; most won't.
> 
> Please be more specific.  It compiles for myself and for Ben.  I used the
> s3c2410_defconfig configuration.  It won't compile without it.

So tell me, what part of the kernel build tries to compile a header
file all by itself?  What object file does it become?  And where is
that object module installed?

Now, if you have an example of some _C_ file that's needs some help
compiling, that would be interesting ... and indicative of the right
place to change.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-12-07 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-07 12:44 [PATCH] WorkStruct: Fix spi_bitbang.h David Howells
2006-12-07 14:50 ` David Brownell
2006-12-07 15:37   ` David Howells
2006-12-07 17:01     ` Andrew Morton
2006-12-07 17:11     ` David Brownell [this message]

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