[Suggestion] ARM64:kernel: compiling issue for early_console.

[Chen Gang]

Hello Maintainers:

  it seems, this issue still exists in next-20130402.

  have you already fixed it in another tree ?

  if really no one fix it within this week, I should try (since I find it).

  thanks.

gchen.


On 2013年03月27日 20:02, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 2013年03月27日 19:55, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:44:03AM +0000, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>>   the error message:
>>>>     arch/arm64/kernel/early_printk.c: At top level:
>>>>     arch/arm64/kernel/early_printk.c:98:23: error: conflicting types for ‘early_console’
>>>>     In file included from arch/arm64/kernel/early_printk.c:20:0:
>>>>     include/linux/console.h:145:24: note: previous declaration of ‘early_console’ was here
>>>>     make[1]: *** [arch/arm64/kernel/early_printk.o] Error 1
>>>>     make: *** [arch/arm64/kernel] Error 2
>> Is this in linux-next? Mainline seems fine.
> 
>   yes, it is in next-20130326 at least :-)
> 
>>
>> I saw some patches from tglx on unifying the various early printk
>> implementations, though not sure whether it's those patches causing it
>> (in which case arm64 needs to be updated as well).
> 
>   maybe, but we need check the details to prove it :-)
> 
> 
>   thanks.
> 


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Chen Gang

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