Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/9] powerpc: Decode and save machine check event.

From: Mahesh Jagannath Salgaonkar <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:10:47 +0530

On 08/08/2013 12:11 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 15:09 +0530, Mahesh J Salgaonkar wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
>> index a1aba53..0b5b04a 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ obj-y				:= cputable.o ptrace.o syscalls.o \
>>  				   misc_$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE).o vdso32/
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= setup_64.o sys_ppc32.o \
>>  				   signal_64.o ptrace32.o \
>> -				   paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o
>> +				   paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o mce.o
> 
> What happens when we build mce.o on book3e?
> 
> Please don't take things that are specific to certain hardware and try
> to apply them to all powerpc.

sure. I will move it under obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64).

> 
> For that matter, it would be nice if book3s-specific (or POWER-specific)
> patches had that in the subject prefix, just as booke-specific patches
> do.

Sure will follow this for future versions.

Thanks,
-Mahesh.