Subject: RE: linux-next: Tree for May 4 (hyperv / vmbus)

From: KY Srinivasan <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 16:56:02 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:devel-
> [email-masked]] On Behalf Of Randy Dunlap
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:49 PM
> To: Stephen Rothwell; driverdevel; [email-masked]
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang; [email-masked]; LKML
> Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for May 4 (hyperv / vmbus)
> 
> On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:47:59 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Changes since 20110503:
> 
> 
> when CONFIG_ACPI is not enabled:
> 
> 
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:736: warning: 'struct acpi_device' declared inside
> parameter list
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:736: warning: its scope is only this definition or
> declaration, which is probably not what you want
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c: In function 'vmbus_acpi_add':
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:741: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c: At top level:
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:758: error: variable 'vmbus_acpi_driver' has
> initializer but incomplete type
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:759: error: unknown field 'name' specified in
> initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:759: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:759: warning: (near initialization for
> 'vmbus_acpi_driver')
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:760: error: unknown field 'ids' specified in
> initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:760: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:760: warning: (near initialization for
> 'vmbus_acpi_driver')
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:761: error: unknown field 'ops' specified in
> initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:761: error: extra brace group at end of initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:761: error: (near initialization for
> 'vmbus_acpi_driver')
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:763: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:763: warning: (near initialization for
> 'vmbus_acpi_driver')
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c: In function 'vmbus_acpi_init':
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:771: error: implicit declaration of function
> 'acpi_bus_register_driver'
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c: In function 'vmbus_acpi_exit':
> drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c:780: error: implicit declaration of function
> 'acpi_bus_unregister_driver'
> make[4]: *** [drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [drivers/staging/hv] Error 2
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> vmbus_drv.c sure looks like it requires (depends on) both ACPI and PCI.
> That should be expressed somewhere in its Kconfig file.

Greg,

Do you want me to send you a patch to fix this?

Regards,

K. Y
> 
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