[PATCH 1/8 v3] DMA: PL330: use prefix in reg names to build under x86

Jassi Brar jaswinder.singh at linaro.org
Sat Nov 24 00:14:36 EST 2012


On 24 November 2012 06:23, Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi at gnudd.com> wrote:
> From: Alessandro Rubini <rubini at gnudd.com>
>
> This driver would not compile if ARM_AMBA is selected under x86,
> because "CS" and "DS" are already defined there.  But AMBA
> is used in the x86 world by a PCI-to-AMBA bridge, to be submitted.
>
> The patch just adds the "PL330_" prefix to all register and bit fields,
> so it can be built by randomconfig after ARM_AMBA appears within x86.

Prefixing only CS and DS should be do the job.
Why do we have to make every symbol noisy with PL330_ ?



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