Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (stagingrelated)

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:35:03AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:14:48 -0700 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:21:55PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:34:23 -0700 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 04:09:38PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:05:48 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No, I still get these:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > In file included from drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_035.c:7:0:
> > > > > > drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi-data/addi_common.c: In function 'i_ADDI_Attach':
> > > > > > drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi-data/addi_common.c:2765:7: error: implicit declaration of function 'virt_to_bus'
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > virt_to_bus is only defined for 32 bit powerpc (not 64 bit) (and maybe
> > > > > > not at all on some architectures e.g. sparc).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > From Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt:
> > > > > > "All drivers should be using these interfaces with no exceptions.  It
> > > > > > is planned to completely remove virt_to_bus() and bus_to_virt() as
> > > > > > they are entirely deprecated.  Some ports already do not provide these
> > > > > > as it is impossible to correctly support them."
> > > > > 
> > > > > Drivers that use virt_to_bus should Kconfig depend on VIRT_TO_BUS.
> > > > 
> > > > Ah, I missed that, sorry.  I'll go make that change as well.
> > > 
> > > Ping?
> > 
> > Sorry, been swamped with other work, I'll get to this soon...
> 
> ping?
> 
> > With a very relative value of soon.
> 
> Yeah, I understand busy ... but this is a simple patch, rigth?

Sorry, I'm away from home, with a very spotty internet connection, on
vacation, so it's hard to get this done at the moment.  I'll get to it
on the 27th when I return.

thanks,

greg k-h
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