On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 11:45:30AM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote: > This fixes vio_find_name() in arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c, which is > currently broken because it tries to use devices_subsys. That is bad > for two reasons: (1) it's doing (or trying to do) a scan of all > devices when it should only be scanning those on the vio bus, and > (2) devices_subsys was an internal symbol of the device system code > which was never meant for external use and has now gone away, and > thus the kernel fails to compile on pSeries. > > The new version uses bus_find_device() on the vio bus (vio_bus_type). > > Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > Greg, do you want to send this to Linus or will I do that? Or do you > have a better version? :)
I'll send it to him, with a minor change (I'm going to make this a core function, as others also use the same functionality, no need for everyone to re-invent the wheel all the time. I also have some other patches to send him to fix up the fall-out of these driver core changes :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/