[PATCH] pegasos_eth.c: Fix compile error over MV643XX_ defines

Sven Luther sven at powerlinux.fr
Tue Oct 30 20:36:06 EST 2007


On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:44:59AM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On 10/29/07, Dale Farnsworth <dale at farnsworth.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:27:29PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > This commit made an incorrect assumption:
> > > --
> > > Author: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh at wantstofly.org>
> > >  Date:   Fri Oct 19 04:10:10 2007 +0200
> > >
> > >     mv643xx_eth: Move ethernet register definitions into private header
> > >
> > >     Move the mv643xx's ethernet-related register definitions from
> > >     include/linux/mv643xx.h into drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.h, since
> > >     they aren't of any use outside the ethernet driver.
> > >
> > >     Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh at marvell.com>
> > >     Acked-by: Tzachi Perelstein <tzachi at marvell.com>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Dale Farnsworth <dale at farnsworth.org>
> > > --
> > >
> > > arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/pegasos_eth.c made use of a 3 defines there.
> > >
> > > mcgrof at pogo:~/devel/wireless-2.6$ git-describe
> > >
> > > v2.6.24-rc1-138-g0119130
> > >
> > > This patch fixes this by internalizing 3 defines onto pegasos which are
> > > simply no longer available elsewhere. Without this your compile will fail
> >
> > That compile failure was fixed in commit
> > 30e69bf4cce16d4c2dcfd629a60fcd8e1aba9fee by Al Viro.
> >
> > However, as I examine that commit, I see that it defines offsets from
> > the eth block in the chip, rather than the full chip registeri block
> > as the Pegasos 2 code expects.  So, I think it fixes the compile
> > failure, but leaves the Pegasos 2 broken.
> >
> > Luis, do you have Pegasos 2 hardware?  Can you (or anyone) verify that
> > the following patch is needed for the Pegasos 2?
> 
> Nope, sorry.

I am busy right now, but have various pegasos machines available for
testing. What exactly should i test ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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