Re: [PATCH] move pm_power_off and pm_idle declaration to common code

Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]> writes:

>> >> Does powerpc still build?  A key question is how do we handle architectures
>> >> that always want to want to call machine_power_off.
>> >
>> > I didn't (and can't) check, but it should.  IIRC multiple declaration
>> > of a variable is OK, as long as at most one has an initializer.
>> 
>> And as long as you don't build with -fno-common.
>
> That seals the argument, since -fno-common is in linux/Makefile.
>
> So the patch wants fixing on powerpc, but I don't feel up to the task.
>
> Somebody with better knowledge of that arch?

It isn't just powerpc, alpha at least wants this behavior as well.

So until someone comes up with something better I am going to recommend
we fix the arches one at a time so we can actually audit them and
see what needs doing.

Eric
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