Re: rtc-cmos.c: Build fix

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri May 09 2008 - 04:33:26 EST



* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:51:25 -0300
> "Carlos R. Mafra" <crmafra2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Subject: [PATCH] rtc-cmos.c: Build fix
> >
> > The function hpet_rtc_interrupt(..) is to be used only if CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC
> > is defined (see arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c), so we define it to return 0 when
> > !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC to avoid build failures.
> >
> > This function will never be used anyways when !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC because
> > it is inside a if(is_hpet_enabled()) which is never true when
> > !CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC.
>
> I've lost the plot on this one. Could we please have a description of
> the problem which is being fixed? ie, the compiler (or linker?)
> output, and a description of why it is occurring?

dont have the build failure log around anymore, but the config is:

http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Sun_May__4_09_41_21_CEST_2008.bad

Ingo
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