Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add new required termio functions

Michael Neuling
2007-09-12T02:34:20Z

> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Michael Neuling wrote:
> >
> > The "tty: termios locking functions break with new termios type" patch
> > (f629307c857c030d5a3dd777fee37c8bb395e171) breaks the powerpc compile.
>
> Really?
>
> It shouldn't. The use of kernel_termios_to_user_termios_1() is conditional
> on the architecture having a define for TCGETS2, and I think they match
> up. I see:
>
> [torvalds@woody linux]$ git grep -l kernel_termios_to_user_termios_1 in
clude | wc -l
> 10
> [torvalds@woody linux]$ git grep -l TCGETS2 include | wc -l
> 10
>
> and in neither case is ppc in that list of architecures.
>
> So maybe you just read the patch without actually testing whether it
> actually broke powerpc?

Not, I actually compiled it.

> Or is something subtler going on?

Looks like those new calls are not protected by the TCGETS2 define.
Adding those ifdefs seems like the correct fix.

Mikey