From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale•com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead•org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, paulus@samba•org,
"linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org" <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Add EXPORT_SYMBOL for symbols required by fs_enet and cpm_uart
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:49:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47388431.3020609@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071111201503.GA18749@infradead.org>
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 06:01:37PM +0100, Jochen Friedrich wrote:
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/commproc.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/commproc.c
>> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ static void m8xx_cpm_dpinit(void);
>> static uint host_buffer; /* One page of host buffer */
>> static uint host_end; /* end + 1 */
>> cpm8xx_t __iomem *cpmp; /* Pointer to comm processor space */
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpmp);
>
> Sorry, but this is a nightmare waiting to happen. Please define
> proper accessors instead.
We have proper accessors: in_be32, out_be16, etc.
Now, is the huge struct encompassing all of immr space a bad idea?
Sure. Are we working towards getting rid of it? Yes. Is that a reason
to keep modules from working in the meantime? No.
> (And get rid of the typedef while you're at it)
Again, changing all the users is a bit beyond the scope of this patch.
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-12 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-11 17:01 [PATCH] powerpc: Add EXPORT_SYMBOL for symbols required by fs_enet and cpm_uart Jochen Friedrich
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2007-11-12 16:49 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2007-11-12 17:29 ` Scott Wood
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