Re: [PATCH] x86: fix rebuild with EFI_STUB enabled

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Apr 03 2013 - 11:27:23 EST


On 04/03/2013 07:58 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 03.04.13 at 16:48, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This looks awesome for 3.10, but getting a minimal fix for 3.9/stable would
>> be good, too.
>
> Do you really view this as relevant for stable? Considering that this
> had been this way for a while with apparently no-one having noticed,
> I wouldn't think so. Nor would I see a strong need for this to go into
> 3.9.
>
> Jan
>

Since it is a build fix, I think I do. You never quite know who build
problems is going to bite, and I'd rather just fix them as long as the
fix is suitably small and obvious. It doesn't exactly help that kbuild
is hideously fragile.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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