RE: linux-next: build failure after merge of the net-next tree

Bhupesh SHARMA
2012-06-20T04:45:46Z

Hi David,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:07 AM
> To: Bhupesh SHARMA
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> Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the net-next tree
>
> From: Bhupesh SHARMA <bhupesh.sharma@st.com>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:27:11 +0800
>
> > clk_get/clk_put* variants are usually used by ARM platforms.
> > Protecting their calls under macro 'CONFIG_HAVE_CLK' should solve the
> problem.
>
> No, we don't pepper foo.c files with crappy ifdefs.

So, whether adding a check in Kconfig for HAVE_CLK be a proper solution ?
But that will limit the compilation of this driver for only platforms which are ARM based.

One may need to support this driver on x86 like platforms also..

Regards,
Bhupesh