Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1 | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:02:51 +1000 |
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On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 10:34 +0100, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:43:48PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc6/2.6.23-rc6-mm1/ > > > > > >2.6.23-rc6-mm1 is a 29MB diff against 2.6.23-rc6. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > The 2.6.23-rc6-mm1build fails at > > > > CC drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.o > > CC drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o > > drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:132: error: unknown field `name' > > specified in initializer > > drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c: In function `dlpar_sysfs_init': > > drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c:142: error: structure has no member > > named `name' > > make[3]: *** [drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.o] Error 1 > > make[2]: *** [drivers/pci/hotplug] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [drivers/pci] Error 2 > > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > This seems to be occuring across a number of the powerpc systems we test > with. That driver is a power dynamic lpar IO partitioning driver. > > Relevant Cc: added.
That's because somebody is breaking sysfs/kobject interfaces without fixing all users :-) (Fair enough... it's just that we need to make sure whoever takes care of that driver nowadays is aware of the breakage).
Ben.
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