Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-21 Thread Florian Fainelli
On 10/21/2016 11:37 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > David Miller writes: > >> From: ebied...@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) >> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:26:55 -0500 >> >>> So as far as I can tell you are advocating for a change to support a >>> driver doing something that is completely pointless

Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-21 Thread Eric W. Biederman
David Miller writes: > From: ebied...@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) > Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:26:55 -0500 > >> So as far as I can tell you are advocating for a change to support a >> driver doing something that is completely pointless. So no let's not >> export this symbol. Please fix the

Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-21 Thread David Miller
From: ebied...@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:26:55 -0500 > So as far as I can tell you are advocating for a change to support a > driver doing something that is completely pointless. So no let's not > export this symbol. Please fix the driver to do something less > p

Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-20 Thread Eric W. Biederman
David Miller writes: > From: Florian Fainelli > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:15:16 -0700 > >> The bcm_sf2 driver uses kexec_in_progress to know whether it can power >> down an integrated PHY during shutdown, and can be built as a module. >> Other modules may be using this in the future, so export i

Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-20 Thread David Miller
From: Florian Fainelli Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:15:16 -0700 > The bcm_sf2 driver uses kexec_in_progress to know whether it can power > down an integrated PHY during shutdown, and can be built as a module. > Other modules may be using this in the future, so export it. > > Fixes: 2399d6143f85 ("n

[PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

2016-10-20 Thread Florian Fainelli
The bcm_sf2 driver uses kexec_in_progress to know whether it can power down an integrated PHY during shutdown, and can be built as a module. Other modules may be using this in the future, so export it. Fixes: 2399d6143f85 ("net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Prevent GPHY shutdown for kexec'd kernels") Signed-off