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Re: [PATCH] PowerPC - Fix build with linux 3.7 headers


On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:18:17AM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > As noted in the kernel patch, glibc is looking for specific header
>> > guard defines in various kernel headers.  If the kernel ships with the
>> > UAPI prefix in the installed headers, a more in-depth audit of which
>> > kernel header guards are looked at is probably needed.
>>
>> Agreed, but an in-depth audit should not block incremental or immediate
>> progress, and I would consider this patch incremental progress.
>
> This is a real problem today with 3.7-rc headers, but I'm happy to
> shelve it and carry a local patch while we see if this ends up this
> way in 3.7-final.  If it does, I'll follow-up (and/or just commit,
> if anyone want to pre-approve on that condition?), and if the rename
> mangling happens, I'll just drop the proposal and my local patch.
>
> Sound fair?

Yes. Actually I want this checked in as bug-fix even after we freeze
for the 2.17 release.

The 3.7 kernel should come out in 7-14 days, so I want this fix in
2.17 if the kernel isn't fixed.

This way 2.17 works out-of-the-box with a 3.7 kernel that doesn't have the fix.

Cheers,
Carlos.


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