Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.9-rc1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Aug 17 2020 - 09:21:32 EST


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 3:18 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v5.9-rc1[1] compared to v5.8[2].
>
> Summarized:
> - build errors: +1/-12
> - build warnings: +68/-124
>
> Happy fixing! ;-)
>
> Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.
>
> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/9123e3a74ec7b934a4a099e98af6a61c2f80bbf5/ (all 192 configs)
> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/bcf876870b95592b52519ed4aafcf9d95999bc9c/ (all 192 configs)
>
>
> *** ERRORS ***
>
> 1 error regressions:
> + error: modpost: "fw_arg3" [drivers/mtd/parsers/bcm63xxpart.ko] undefined!: => N/A

mips-allmodconfig (reported against next 3 weeks ago)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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