Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:45:11 -0400 | From | Jeff Dike <> | Subject | Re: [patch -mm] Make check_signature() depend on CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM |
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 11:25:37PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > This completely bogus. readb() should be present on M68K, fix the > platform to implement readb() for MMIO, even if your MMIO readb is a > moveb instruction. > > check_signature is relevant for anything with MMIO space (for example you > can legitimately want to check_signature a MAC68K Nubus ROM). > > S/390 is a bit of a special case as no S/390 usage of check_signature > appears sane but equally it isn't used so you can stub it out.
This is a problem for UML too.
I have a patch in my tree, which basically stubs readb, waiting to see how this is fixed for the other arches.
Jeff
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