Observed the following build error: --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c: In function ‘dtl_init’: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c:238: error: implicit declaration of function ‘firmware_has_feature’ arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c:238: error: ‘FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c:238: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c:238: error: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries] Error 2 make: *** [arch/powerpc/platforms] Error 2 --- This was reported earlier and fix given by Sachin: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/25481/, It seems the tree has not inherited the fix. I also reported this error during 20090409 next release: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/9/224, Regards-- Subrata