On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:28:35AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: [ ... ]
> > > Also the init function has changed its return type in linux-next: > > > > > >> +static void __init nuc970_timer_of_init(struct device_node *node) > > > > > > This now needs to return an error code or we get: > > > > > > ../include/linux/of.h:1004:20: error: comparison of distinct pointer > > > types lacks a cast [-Werror] > > > .data = (fn == (fn_type)NULL) ? fn : fn } > > > > > > Daniel Lezcano seems to have implemented a migration strategy, but I > > > can't see what you are supposed to do here, since the > > > CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE_RET macro is no longer part of linux-next. > > > > Wait for Daniel's comments? or what should I do now? > > Yes, let's see what he says. I guess from the timing, this will probably > have to wait for linux-4.9 anyway, and then we have no problem because the > API change will make it into 4.8. CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE_RET was renamed back to CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE but it expects now an init function returning an 'int'. These changes are now in tip/timers/core, so in linux-next.
