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From: Jim Faulkner <jfaulkne@×××××××.edu>
To: mattst88@×××××.com
Cc: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-alpha] Re: [PATCH] fix modpost when CONFIG_ALPHA_TSUNAMI=y
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:03:24
Message-Id: 20120302183849.GA26354@alumni-linux.ccs.neu.edu
1 Hi Matt,
2
3 I see that you're one of the maintainers of the alpha architecture in
4 the Linux kernel. Compiling with CONFIG_ALPHA_TSUNAMI=y has been broken
5 for a while, and the fix seems simple. Is there any chance you can sign
6 off on the patch I proposed on Feb 18? Or is there a better solution
7 for this build problem?
8
9
10 On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 05:39:57PM -0500, Jim Faulkner wrote:
11 > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:29:34AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote:
12 > > >
13 > > > +#include <linux/module.h>
14 > >
15 > > Wouldn't <linux/exports.h> be better? I seem to recall that this was a
16 > > problem with EXPORT_SYMBOL not being defined and I see my own personal
17 > > fix (which I had completely forgotten to send upstream) was to include
18 > > <linux/exports.h>
19 >
20 > core_marvel.c and core_titan.c both include <linux/module.h> in the
21 > mainline kernel, which is why I thought it was the appropriate fix for
22 > core_tsunami.c.
23 >