From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (net tree related) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:25:47 -0400 Message-ID: <20100927182546.GE11086@tuxdriver.com> References: <20100927154408.55a28127.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20100927180412.GD11086@tuxdriver.com> <20100927.111818.149846920.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ohad@wizery.com, sfr@canb.auug.org.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100927.111818.149846920.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:18:18AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: "John W. Linville" > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:04:12 -0400 > > > Subject: [PATCH] wl12xx: fix separate-object-folder builds > > > > Make this go away (happens when building with a separate object > > directory): > > > > Assembler messages: > > Fatal error: can't create drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/.tmp_wl12xx_platform_data.o: No such file or directory > > drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx_platform_data.c: In function 'wl12xx_get_platform_data': > > drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx_platform_data.c:28: error: cannot open drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/.tmp_wl12xx_platform_data.gcno > > drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx_platform_data.c:28: confused by earlier errors, bailing out > > > > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell > > BTW, if this fuglet going to work if the driver is built modular? > > The idea of this things seems to be to allow arch platform code to call > into it to set things. Such calls from arch platform code are going > to be "obj-y" > > So if this is built into the modular driver, I can't see how it > can work. Dave is right -- these Kconfig dependencies (or lack thereof) seem to be wrong. Seems like the OMAP code needs to select the option for this code? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.