Re: linux-2.6.11.8 failure to build...kernel

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

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:50:10AM -0400, mel kravitz wrote:
>
> Anyone building kernels succesfully after linux-2.6.10?.. 2.6.11.8 
> failes 'make boot' with:
> <snip>
>   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> kernel/built-in.o(.spinlock.text+0x58): In function `_read_trylock':
> : undefined reference to `_raw_read_trylock'
> kernel/built-in.o(.spinlock.text+0x64): In function `_read_trylock':
> : undefined reference to `_raw_read_trylock'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> </snip>

--- orig-2.6.11/include/asm-alpha/spinlock.h    Thu Mar  3 13:25:19 2005
+++ new-2.6.11/include/asm-alpha/spinlock.h     Thu Mar  3 13:46:50 2005
@@ -198,4 +198,6 @@ static inline void _raw_read_unlock(rwlo
        : "m" (*lock) : "memory");
 }
 
+#define _raw_read_trylock(lock) generic_raw_read_trylock(lock)
+
 #endif /* _ALPHA_SPINLOCK_H */


 --Jay++

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