Re: [linux-next] make s5p64x0_defconfig build error

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:32:44PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 04:57:10AM +0000, Axel Lin wrote:
> > I got below build error on linux-next 20111213.
> > 
> >   CC      arch/arm/kernel/process.o
> > In file included from arch/arm/mach-s5p64x0/include/mach/system.h:16,
> >                  from arch/arm/kernel/process.c:64:
> > arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/system-reset.h:19:2: error: #error Fix me up
> > make[1]: *** [arch/arm/kernel/process.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [arch/arm/kernel] Error 2
> 
> The clue is in the commit message:
> 
> commit d0f7e2beabe6a116152ccc31959b6654b6ef0071
> Author: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Tue Dec 6 12:57:02 2011 +0000
> 
>     ARM: restart: Temporary #error to persuade platform maintainers to take the restart changes seriously
> 
>     Force builds to fail to ensure that platform maintainers take the
>     restart changes seriously, and sort out fixing their code before the
>     next merge window.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Indeed, and note the date, and how long its taken for just one of the
platforms to be noticed.

It seems to me that no one really cares about whether six of the seven
platforms which have the #error build or don't build, so I really think
there's a simple solution to this at the next merge window - delete any
platform which hasn't _at_ _least_ responded with a proposed patch to
this.

The platform maintainers have had _enough_ notice of this - by not
responding, they're quite simply an obstacle to further consolidation,
and we're not going to go through months of waiting for their response
time and time again.

I've posted the patches to the mailing list, I've copied them asking
for help, I've chased them several times, and now they have a #error
to deal with.  If none of this gets their attention (it seems it
doesn't), then frankly their platform is unmaintained, it will be
broken at the next merge window, and therefore _should_ be deleted.

So... unless things change, we can expect Gemini, almost all Samsung
stuff, shmobile, vt8500, and Telechips TCC8k to be at least broken at
the next merge window.
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