Re: [PATCH 0/3] core: fix build error when referencing arch specific structures

[Andi Kleen]

On Friday 07 September 2007 05:09, travis@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Since the core kernel routines need to reference cpu_sibling_map,
> whether it be a static array or a per_cpu data variable, an access
> function has been defined.
>
> In addition, changes have been made to the ia64 and ppc64 arch's to
> move the cpu_sibling_map from a static cpumask_t array [NR_CPUS] to
> be per_cpu cpumask_t arrays.
>
> Note that I do not have the ability to build or test patch 3/3, the
> ppc64 changes.
>
> Patches are referenced against 2.6.23-rc4-mm1 .

It would be better if you could redo the patches with the original patches
reverted, not incremental changes. In the end we'll need a full patch set
with full changelog anyways, not a series of incremental fixes.

Also I guess some powerpc testers would be needed. Perhaps cc the
maintainers?

-Andi
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