Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Feb 17 2011 - 22:54:30 EST


Hi Michal,

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:47:54 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:02:00 +0100 Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > _Maybe_ we could work around it by letting fixdep remove the actual
> > > source file from the list of dependencies in the .cmd file. The
> > > dependency on the .c / .S / whatever file is given by the Makefiles, the
> > > .cmd file is only needed for additional dependencies on headers. Let's
> > > see what else breaks then ;).
> >
> > It seems to work for me. Can you try the patch below? It needs to be
> > applied before merging 9599ec0 to have any effect.
>
> Thanks, I will apply this as a fix on top of Linus' tree before I merge
> anything else. It looks simple enough that Linus may take it as a fix
> right now. Better to convince ourselves first, though, right?

That patch fixed the problem for me and has caused no obvious problems.

Acked-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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