Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add sysfs_create/remove_groups()

2013-08-21 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: > + * sysfs_create_groups - given a directory kobject, create a bunch of > attribute groups > + * @kobj:The kobject to create the group on > + * @groups: The attribute groups to create, NULL terminated > + * > + * This function creates a bunch of attribute

Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add sysfs_create/remove_groups()

2013-08-21 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg Kroah-Hartman gre...@linuxfoundation.org writes: + * sysfs_create_groups - given a directory kobject, create a bunch of attribute groups + * @kobj:The kobject to create the group on + * @groups: The attribute groups to create, NULL terminated + * + * This function creates a bunch

Re: trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
uld configure perf to use that location without pulling in the sanitized headers. Sorry if anyone wasted their time chasing down my carelessness. (Although, to be fair, 'perf' is the only package out of about 20 that fails when I explicitly point the build at the target's "include" directory.) T

Re: trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
without pulling in the sanitized headers. Sorry if anyone wasted their time chasing down my carelessness. (Although, to be fair, 'perf' is the only package out of about 20 that fails when I explicitly point the build at the target's include directory.) Thanks again! Best regards, Anthony Foiani

trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-29 Thread Anthony Foiani
( cd tools/perf make O="$build" ARCH="$arch" CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_TUPLE"- V=1 \ EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I $PLATFORM_STAGE/include -I $PLATFORM_STAGE/include/elfutils" \ LDFLAGS="-L$PLATFORM_STAGE/lib -lz -lb

trouble building 'perf' for 3.9.7

2013-06-29 Thread Anthony Foiani
/include -I $PLATFORM_STAGE/include/elfutils \ LDFLAGS=-L$PLATFORM_STAGE/lib -lz -lbz2 \ DESTDIR=$PLATFORM_STAGE \ install || exit $? ) Again, this all worked fine for 3.4. Is there an obvious fix for 3.9? Many thanks in advance. Best regards, Anthony

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH writes: > Is this really needed? For the large majority of the stable > patches, specifically enumerating this isn't a big deal, it's a tiny > patch, and if you think I'll remember to tell you which specific > clause you didn't follow, then you think I have more spare time than > I

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg -- Thanks for the very quick response. Greg KH writes: > This is an obvious one, it needs to be upstream first. > > Or if not, a whole lot of explaination saying that you know it > isn't, and why it isn't, and why it isn't applicable there, I thought that I did provide exactly this

[PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
From: Anthony Foiani Having recently received a formletter rejection on a stable patch, I found it difficult to determine exactly which guideline I had missed. Numbering the guidelines will allow the stable maintainer to quickly and easily indicate which guidelines have not been followed

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH writes: > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > for how to do this properly. My checklist against stable_kernel_rules.txt is below. I could only find two reasons why you are saying

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH g...@kroah.com writes: This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly. My checklist against stable_kernel_rules.txt is below. I could only find two reasons why you

[PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
From: Anthony Foiani anthony.foi...@gmail.com Having recently received a formletter rejection on a stable patch, I found it difficult to determine exactly which guideline I had missed. Numbering the guidelines will allow the stable maintainer to quickly and easily indicate which guidelines have

Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg -- Thanks for the very quick response. Greg KH g...@kroah.com writes: This is an obvious one, it needs to be upstream first. Or if not, a whole lot of explaination saying that you know it isn't, and why it isn't, and why it isn't applicable there, I thought that I did provide exactly

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Enumerate the guidelines for stable patches.

2012-11-30 Thread Anthony Foiani
Greg KH gre...@linuxfoundation.org writes: Is this really needed? For the large majority of the stable patches, specifically enumerating this isn't a big deal, it's a tiny patch, and if you think I'll remember to tell you which specific clause you didn't follow, then you think I have more

[PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-07 Thread Anthony Foiani
s replacement to see if it has the same issue. Signed-Off-By: Anthony Foiani --- drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c index c510aff..ac624df 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcor

[PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

2012-11-07 Thread Anthony Foiani
if it has the same issue. Signed-Off-By: Anthony Foiani anthony.foi...@gmail.com --- drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c index c510aff..ac624df 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c +++ b/drivers/mtd