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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com>
Cc: x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net
Subject: Re: tip - Solution of ath9k: turn off temporarily (66b5c4a2c638b5a69d3e41abe4a2bae55035a92e)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:07:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090102180730.GA10072@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3f9a31f40901020936l4bed87e2jb64678572d2ad45b@mail.gmail.com>


* Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Ingo,
> 
> If you choose :
> CONFIG_RFKILL=m
> CONFIG_ATH9K=y
> 
> It will give linking error because ATH9K need RFKILL functions.
> 
> But if you choose :
>  CONFIG_RFKILL=y
>  CONFIG_ATH9K=y
> 
> OR
> 
>  CONFIG_RFKILL=m
>  CONFIG_ATH9K=m
> 
> It is OK.

this was just a quick hatchet job to make the build regression go away. 
Would you like to send a real fix, with the wireless list and maintainers 
Cc-ed? Then i can revert the hack below from tip/out-of-tree.

	ngo

------------------>
>From 66b5c4a2c638b5a69d3e41abe4a2bae55035a92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:04:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: turn off temporarily

Impact: fix build failure

ath9k fails to build:

 drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_detach':
 main.c:(.text+0x16720b): undefined reference to `rfkill_unregister'
 drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_rfkill_poll':
 main.c:(.text+0x167801): undefined reference to `rfkill_force_state'
 drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath9k_start':
 main.c:(.text+0x167f01): undefined reference to `rfkill_register'
 main.c:(.text+0x167f11): undefined reference to `rfkill_free'
 drivers/built-in.o: In function `ath_pci_probe':
 main.c:(.text+0x169754): undefined reference to `rfkill_allocate'

when:

 CONFIG_RFKILL=m
 CONFIG_ATH9K=y
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
index c43bd32..b849a45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 config ATH9K
 	tristate "Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support"
 	depends on PCI && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211
+	# build failures
+	depends on 0
 	select MAC80211_LEDS
 	select LEDS_CLASS
 	select NEW_LEDS

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-02 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-02 17:36 tip - Solution of ath9k: turn off temporarily (66b5c4a2c638b5a69d3e41abe4a2bae55035a92e) Jaswinder Singh Rajput
2009-01-02 18:07 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-01-02 18:40   ` Jaswinder Singh Rajput
2009-01-02 19:35     ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-01-02 19:58       ` Ingo Molnar

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