Re: rtc-cmos.c: Build fix

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:51:25 -0300
"Carlos R. Mafra" <crmafra2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH] rtc-cmos.c: Build fix
> 
> The function hpet_rtc_interrupt(..) is to be used only if CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC
> is defined (see arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c), so we define it to return 0 when
> !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC to avoid build failures. 
> 
> This function will never be used anyways when !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC because 
> it is inside a if(is_hpet_enabled()) which is never true when
> !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC.

I've lost the plot on this one.  Could we please have a description of
the problem which is being fixed?  ie, the compiler (or linker?) output,
and a description of why it is occurring?

Thanks.
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