Re: [PATCH] SGI IA64 UV: fix ia64 build error in the linux-next tree
From: Dean Nelson
Date: Wed Feb 11 2009 - 10:12:57 EST
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:05:36PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Dean Nelson <dcn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:25:55PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:25:20 -0600
> > > Dean Nelson <dcn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fix the ia64 build error that occurs in the linux-next tree by introducing
> > > > an ia64 version of uv.h. Additionally, clean up the usage of is_uv_system().
> > >
> > > Would I be correct in believing that this repairs (and should be folded
> > > into)
> > >
> > > commit 5b221278d61e3907a5e4104a844b63bc8bb3d43a
> > > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Wed Jan 21 11:30:07 2009 +0100
> > >
> > > x86: uv cleanup, build fix #2
> > >
> > > ?
> > >
> > > (it looks like 5b221278d61e3907a5e4104a844b63bc8bb3d43a should be
> > > folded into something else, too. What hath we wrought?)
> >
> > Yes, it does fix an issue introduced by:
> >
> > commit: bdbcdd48883940bbd8d17eb01172d58a261a413a
> > author: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:26:06 +0000
> >
> > x86: uv cleanup
> >
> > which the commit you mention above attempted to fix.
> >
> > I'll leave it to you and Ingo to determine whether my patch should be
> > folded into Ingo's or Tejun's patch.
> >
> > Ingo, I see that you've applied my patch to your tip tree. What are
> > your thoughts on Andrew's question?
>
> What question was that? Folding back across that distance is not possible
> in a Git workflow. I do regular cross-builds - the build bug did not trigger
> with the ia64 defconfig.
The question was the one of folding the patch back. And by your response, I
see we'll be leaving things as they are.
Thanks,
Dean
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