Re: [PATCH] Patches for tiny 386 kernels, again. Linux kernel 2.6.22.7

Jan Engelhardt
2007-09-25T07:28:16Z

On Sep 24 2007 15:09, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> > +#if defined(__i386__) && defined(CONFIG_DMI)
> > dmi_check_system(acpi_dmi_table);
> > #endif
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> > dmi_scan_machine();
> > +#endif
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> > /* Check and install the TSC clocksource */
> > dmi_check_system(bad_tsc_dmi_table);
> > +#endif
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
> > dmi_check_system(acpi_osl_dmi_table);
> > +#endif
>
>Instead of adding all these ifdefs, we could just define
>add something along the lines of..
>
>#ifndef CONFIG_DMI
>#define dmi_check_system do {} while (0)
>#endif
>
>in some header, which hides the uglies away from the code
>whilst having the same net effect.

Need #define dmi_check_system(x) otherwise you get

/* Check and install the TSC clocksource */
do {} while (0) (bad_tsc_dmi_table);