Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.9-rc8

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

JFYI, when comparing v4.9-rc8[1] to v4.9-rc7[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +5/-10

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:
error: 'fec_stats' undeclared (first use in this function):  => 3296:7
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:
error: implicit declaration of function
'fec_enet_update_ethtool_stats'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 2887:2
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:
error: negative width in bit-field '<anonymous>':  => 3296:7
  + /home/kisskb/slave/tmp/ccJlHrOq.s: Error: pcrel too far
BFD_RELOC_BFIN_10:  => 912

m68k/m5272c3_defconfig (patch available)

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/3e5de27e940d00d8d504dfb96625fb654f641509/ (all 267 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/e5517c2a5a49ed5e99047008629f1cd60246ea0e/ (all 267 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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