Re: Linux-2.4.10-pre10

Tom Rini (trini@kernel.crashing.org)
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:03:14 -0700


On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:56:32PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:17:05 -0700,
> Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >I just posted this to the maintainer and linux-scsi, but is there any
> >reason not do do this with either a CONFIG option or
> >#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_DRIVER_OR_ARCH_DOES_MEM_MAP
> >#define MEM_MAPPED
> >#endif
> >
> >53c700-mem.c is 53c700.c + a warning about being autogenerated +
> >#define MEM_MAPPED
>
> Kernel build works best if the source and object have the same name.
> Generating two objects with different names from the same source is
> awkward, it is even worse for kbuild 2.5. The obvious solution of

Well, I guess my question is, is this arch-specific or driver specific?
The lasi700 driver is hppa-only. The NCR_D700 doesn't have any restrictions.
James?

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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