Re: [PATCH] staging: easycap needs smp_lock.h, fixes build error

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Nov 30 2010 - 09:58:54 EST


On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:44:21AM -0400, werner wrote:
> HELLO
>
> I dont believe this ... my 2.6.37-rc4 compilation gone bad again,
> because of the same error, and I have to recompile / re-package it,
> what needs some hours again .. :( :(
>
> The correction below worked on 2.6.37-rc3 (i.e. insert #include
> <linux/smp_lock.h> into easycap_main.h)
>
>
> WHY THIS WASN'T PATCHED SINCE LONG TIME ? Is the situation of the
> kernel developers similar bad like of the open office developers, so
> that they should be exchanged ???

This is fixed in Linux-next and will be going to Linus in a few days.

thanks,

greg k-h
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