> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:31:32AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 05:53:57PM -0500,
Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com wrote:
> > > I was building a kernel for an iPaq {SA1110} and ran into this.
> > >
> > > linux-2.6.22.7/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c:
> > > Has a: #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
> > > Then afterwards there is a: #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_SA1100) ||
> > > defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_SA1110)
> > > who's else section redefines the cpufreq_get function inhereited from
> > > the header....
> > >
> > > I'm guessing no one ever ended up in the "else" section until now, and
> > > that the header was added some time ago and no one caught this.
> > > This patch worked for me to get rid of the compile time problems. I'm
> > > having issues with the kernel, but as far as I can tell they are form
> > > the Frame buffer and not because of this. If this assessment is correct
> > > {the not needing this code anymore} then please pass this along so it
> > > makes it into an upcoming release.
> > >
> > > --- linux-2.6.22.7/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c.orig 2007-09-24
> > > 17:36:21.000000000 -0500
> > > +++ linux-2.6.22.7/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c 2007-09-24
> > > 17:40:02.000000000 -0500
> > > @@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ unsigned int sa11x0_getspeed(unsigned in
> > > return cclk_frequency_100khz[PPCR & 0xf] * 100;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -#else
> > > -/*
> > > - * We still need to provide this so building without cpufreq works.
> > > - */
> > > -unsigned int cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
> > > -{
> > > - return cclk_frequency_100khz[PPCR & 0xf] * 100;
> > > -}
> > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_get);
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > /*
> >
> > No. That code is required - the StrongARM 1100 framebuffer driver
> > *needs* to know what the CPU frequency is so it can set the pixel
> > clock divisor.
> >
> > The real problem is the silly people who added this to cpufreq.h:
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
> > unsigned int cpufreq_quick_get(unsigned int cpu);
> > unsigned int cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu);
> > #else
> > static inline unsigned int cpufreq_quick_get(unsigned int cpu)
> > {
> > return 0;
> > }
> > static inline unsigned int cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
> > {
> > return 0;
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> > which utterly bogus.
>
> Which came from ...
>
> commit 184c44d2049c4db7ef6ec65794546954da2c6a0e
> Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed May 2 19:27:08 2007 +0200
>
> [PATCH] x86-64: fix x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share
>
> Fix for the following patch. Provide dummy cpufreq functions when
> CPUFREQ is not compiled in.
>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
>
> I don't remember seeing any problem here, so I'm not entirely sure what
> this was supposed to be fixing. Perhaps the -mm-esque patch name
> will provide Andrew/Andi clues. It lacks sufficient information for
> my brain to guess what the problem was.
