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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:29:17 -0400
From: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
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Subject: Re: [git pull] x86 fixes
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On Mon, 5 May 2008 18:12:02 +0300
Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:35:42PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >...
> > Thomas Gleixner (2):
> >...
> >       x86: olpc build fix
> >...
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > @@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ config GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER
> >  
> >  config OLPC
> >  	bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
> > +	depends on MGEODE_LX
> >  	default n
> >  	help
> >...
> 
> This patch not only excludes OLPC and code depending on it (currently 
> BATTERY_OLPC) from all{mod,yes}config builds (where it built fine) 
> but also makes it very hard for generic distribution kernels to
> support the OLPC.
> 
> The commit comment does not indicate what the actual problem was, and
> if this patch was sent to linux-kernel I must have missed it.
> 
> What exactly was the build problem?
> Can we fix it in a less invasive way?

Also, it would've been nice to have been CC'd on this; I didn't see it
until it was committed.