Re: drivers/x86 (Was: Re: linux-next: Tree for November 28(misc/tc1100))

From: Len Brown
Date: Sun Nov 30 2008 - 23:29:42 EST




On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Len,
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:55:08 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > make[2]: *** No rule to make target `drivers/misc/tc1100-wmi.o', needed by `drivers/misc/built-in.o'.
> > >
> > > on allmodconfig & allyesconfig for i386.
> > >
> > > On, moved to drivers/x86/. Someone needs to clean up drivers/misc/Makefile.
> >
> > Just wondering where the move to drivers/x86 was discussed, (reviewed
> > and tested) and why the change is in the acpi tree and not the x86
> > tree?
>
> it will all conflict with pending bits in the x86 tree, so i'd prefer if
> Len did this atomically after 2.6.29-rc1, without it having this
> long-term breakage effect.

Is linux-next running into a conflict between x86 and the acpi
tree today?

thanks,
-Len
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