Re: linux 2.6.1

[Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@hp.com>]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:49:45AM +1100, Richard Heycock wrote:
> 
> I have attached both the .config file and make output.
> 
> Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Nope.

> In file included from include/asm/tlb.h:10,
>                  from arch/alpha/mm/init.c:32:
> include/asm-generic/tlb.h: In function `tlb_flush_mmu':
> include/asm-generic/tlb.h:76: warning: implicit declaration of function `release_pages'
> include/asm-generic/tlb.h: In function `tlb_remove_page':
> include/asm-generic/tlb.h:111: warning: implicit declaration of function `page_cache_release'
> make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/mm/init.o] Error 1
> make: *** [arch/alpha/mm] Error 2

If you track down where the "release_pages" reference comes from (it's
referenced in the macro "free_pages_and_swap_cache" which is used in
the original "tlb_flush_mmu"), you'll find in the include/linux/swap.h
file that it is ONLY referenced if swapping is turned off...

> #
> # General setup
> #
> # CONFIG_SWAP is not set

BINGO!

I think maybe you'd better turn this option on... ;-}

 --Jay++

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