[linux-next] make s5p64x0_defconfig build error

[Kukjin Kim]

Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> 
> 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 at arm.linux.org.uk>
> > 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 at arm.linux.org.uk>
> 
> 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.

Axel and Will, thanks for pointing out.

Oops, I couldn't have much time to follow up :(
But let me look at that in this weekend and I know, it can be escaped before
merge window :)

Anyway, sorry for noisy.

Best regards,
Kgene.
--
Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim at samsung.com>, Senior Engineer,
SW Solution Development Team, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.