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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] of/address: sparc: Declare of_address_to_resource() as an extern function for sparc again
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From: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 11:53:18 +0100

> This bug-fix makes sure that of_address_to_resource is defined extern for sparc
> so that the sparc-specific implementation of of_address_to_resource() is once
> again used when including include/linux/of_address.h in a sparc context. A
> number of drivers in mainline relies on this function working for sparc.
>
> The bug was introduced in a850a7554442f08d3e910c6eeb4ee216868dda1e, "of/address:
> add empty static inlines for !CONFIG_OF". Contrary to that commit title, the
> static inlines are added for !CONFIG_OF_ADRESS, and CONFIG_OF_ADRESS is never
> defined for sparc. This is good behavior for the other functions in
> include/linux/of_address.h, as the extern functions defined in
> drivers/of/address.c only gets linked when OF_ADDRESS is configured. However,
> for of_address_to_resource is that there exists a sparc-specific implementation
> in arch/sparc/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_common.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>

Applied.


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