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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:44:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=n compile
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Prarit Bhargava wrote:

> Noticed this while debugging -- compile fails with
> 
> arch/x86/built-in.o: In function `mark_tsc_unstable':
> /home/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:791: undefined reference to
> `clocksource_mark_unstable'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> 
> Add in an empty function for the !CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG case.

CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG for x86 is always 'y', so what's the point?
 
Thanks,

	tglx