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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:37:19 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:staging:ti-st: remove st_get_plat_device
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 08:34:51PM +0300, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> > It is currently in linux-next.
> [...]
> >> >> Build error (kernel 2.6.36-rc3-git1):
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Building modules, stage 2.
> >> >>   MODPOST 3056 modules
> >> >> ERROR: "st_get_plat_device" [drivers/staging/ti-st/st_drv.ko] undefined!
> 
> Greg,
> 
> you send some pull requests to Linus.
> Can you compile the kernel without this patch ?

It works here for me, doesn't it for you?

> see here:
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc5-maverick/0002-DISABLE-ti-st.patch
> 
> I know you are overburned. Just get 1 or 2 guys to teach them to help you.

I still don't understand, what does that patch have to do with the
staging tree?

thanks,

greg k-h