Re: [PATCH 4/4 v2] [RFC] UIO: generic platform driver

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Fri Apr 11 2008 - 07:26:35 EST


Hello,

[Added Russell King to Cc:]

Hans J. Koch wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 01:03:58PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:21:58AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Below is a new version that uses linux/stringify and zeros size for
> > > > unused mappings (line 102ff).
> > >
> > > Thanks, but it doesn't compile, neither with -rc8 nor with Linus' git.
> > >
> > > One problem can easily be fixed, the macro is called __stringify, not
> > > stringify.
> > I just notice that, too. My mail address that and your's just crossed
> > each other.
> >
> > > But what about this:
> > >
> > > ERROR: "clk_get" [drivers/uio/uio_pdrv.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: "clk_enable" [drivers/uio/uio_pdrv.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: "clk_disable" [drivers/uio/uio_pdrv.ko] undefined!
> > > ERROR: "clk_put" [drivers/uio/uio_pdrv.ko] undefined!
> > >
> > > Do you have any extra patches applied?
> > Yes I have, but nothing special. This is part of a generic API defined
> > in include/linux/clk.h. One of it's use it to abstract away some
> > platform dependencies. There are several architectures that define
> > it[1].
>
> I know. Unfortunately, I tested on x86_64, and it doesn't compile.
> If it's depending on something, then this dependency should be added in
> Kconfig. If it can be selected in the configuration, I expect it to
> compile (and work).
Maybe adding a dummy implementation that is compiled for machines that
don't provide a native one. Currently there is no cpp symbol that tells
if an machine supports the API.

@Russell: Do you have an opinion regarding this!?

Best regards
Uwe

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