[BUG 2.6.36-rc5] of_i2c.ko <-> i2c-core.ko dependency loop

[Mikael Pettersson]

Jean Delvare writes:
 > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:05:59 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
 > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:16:32 +0200 Mikael Pettersson wrote:
 > > > Randy Dunlap writes:
 > > >  > No kconfig warnings?
 > > > 
 > > > Not that I recall.  I can check tomorrow if necessary.
 > > 
 > > No kconfig warnings.  I checked with your .config file.
 > > 
 > > >  > Please post your full .config file.
 > > 
 > > Just a matter of module i2c-core calls of_ functions and module of_i2c calls
 > > i2c_ functions.  Hmph.  Something for Grant, Jean, and Ben to work out.
 > 
 > As far as I can see this is caused by this commit from Grant:
 > 
 > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=959e85f7751c33d1a2dabc5cc3fe2ed0db7052e5
 > 
 > Mikael, can you please try reverting this patch and see if it solves
 > your problem?

Yes, reverting the above commit from 2.6.36-rc5 eliminated the warnings,
and I was able to insmod the i2c-{core,dev,powermac}.ko modules.

/Mikael