Re: PowerMac floppy support is broken in 2.6.11.5

[vinai <vroopcha@mcw.edu>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Christoph Ewering wrote:

> Just wanted to let you know, that the floppy support in 2.6.11.5 is broken. I 
> do not know what is with previous kernels.
> This is what I get when I switch on PowerMac floppy support, if I switch it 
> of, the kernel compiles with out any error.
>
> CC      init/version.o
>  LD      init/built-in.o
>  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x70b90): In function `do_fd_request':
> : undefined reference to `sti'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x70d50): In function `set_timeout':
> : undefined reference to `save_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x70d58): In function `set_timeout':
> : undefined reference to `cli'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x70d98): In function `set_timeout':
> : undefined reference to `restore_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71b68): In function `grab_drive':
> : undefined reference to `save_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71b6c): In function `grab_drive':
> : undefined reference to `cli'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71bd0): In function `grab_drive':
> : undefined reference to `restore_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71c04): In function `grab_drive':
> : undefined reference to `restore_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71c28): In function `release_drive':
> : undefined reference to `save_flags'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71c2c): In function `release_drive':
> : undefined reference to `cli'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x71c44): In function `release_drive':
> : undefined reference to `restore_flags'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Fehler 1

I'm trying to help fix this.  See the thread titled "errors when
compiling 2.6 kernel source" and the message I just posted.  This
is also a reported bug (# 271517).  I also just posted a message
before the mailing list sent me your post ;-)

cheers
vinai