[PATCH Vivid SRU] UBUNTU: [Config] CONFIG_RTC_DRV_XGENE=y for only arm64

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Wed Sep 30 13:50:03 UTC 2015


On 09/30/2015 12:23 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 29.09.2015 23:27, tim.gardner at canonical.com wrote:
>> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
>> 
>> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499869
>> 
>> This driver only works on arm64 platforms.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com> --- 
>> debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/arm64/generic.modules          | 1
>> - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/armhf/generic-lpae.modules     |
>> 1 - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/armhf/generic.modules
>> | 1 - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/i386/generic.modules
>> | 1 - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/i386/lowlatency.modules
>> | 1 - 
>> debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/powerpc/powerpc-e500mc.modules | 1
>> - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/powerpc/powerpc-smp.modules    |
>> 1 - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/powerpc/powerpc64-emb.modules
>> | 1 - 
>> debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/powerpc/powerpc64-smp.modules  | 1
>> - debian.master/abi/3.19.0-30.33/ppc64el/generic.modules        |
>> 1 -
> 
> Suppose this is cheating it out of the previous ABI definition.
> Wondering whether adding ignore module files would not be
> cleaner...
> 

I cannot think of why either method would have a tactical or strategic
advantage. Therefore I went with the surgical approach so that the
changes made were explicit. In my opinion, an ignore file obfuscates
the solution.

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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