Re: Stable update of linux-2.6
- To: dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>
- Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, stable@kernel.org, Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>, debian-release@lists.debian.org, "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, greg@kroah.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, mikey@neuling.org, anton@samba.org, Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: Stable update of linux-2.6
- From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:33:39 +1000
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On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 00:10 +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> * dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org> [2011-04-02 11:23:03]:
>
> > 2.6.32.36 also fails to build on powerpc/SMP:
> >
> > CC arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.o
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c: In function 'crash_kexec_wait_realmode':
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c:176: error: 'paca' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c:176: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c:176: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2
>
> This build is not reproducible locally, can you please
> send the .config file.
Smells to me like a 32-bit build...
Current upstream has the function crash_kexec_wait_realmode() protected
by:
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64
Maybe that is missing in .32.36 ? You can disable CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP as a
workaround. Is it that useful anyways on 32-bit ? (Does it even work ?)
Cheers,
Ben
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