Re: [MIPS] DEC: Fix modpost warning.

[Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:04:09 +0100, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> Yes, the root cause was the reference to serial_console_setup.  It's hard
> to teach modpost that this reference is bogus so I fixed the driver instead.
> Other console drivers had the same issue.

The modpost has "_console" name in its whitelist.  So minimum
workaround would be something like this:

--- a/drivers/tc/zs.c
+++ b/drivers/tc/zs.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ struct dec_serial *zs_chain;        /* list of all channels 
*/
 struct tty_struct zs_ttys[NUM_CHANNELS];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_DEC_CONSOLE
+#define sercons ser_console
 static struct console sercons;
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_DEC_CONSOLE) && defined(CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ) && \