Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu> writes:
> Most probe functions do nothing else than checking whether
> the machine is compatible to a given string.
>
> Define that string in ppc_md structure and check it directly from
> probe_machine() instead of using ppc_md.probe() for that.
>
> Keep checking in ppc_md.probe() only for more complex probing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu>
> ---
> v3: New
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h | 1 +
> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 13 +++++++------
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> index 378b8d5836a7..c5dfe5ff923c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct pci_host_bridge;
>
> struct machdep_calls {
> char *name;
> + char *compatible;
Seems like 'compatible' ought to be const char *? Possibly 'name' also.
I'm able to build ppc64le with those changes, at least.
