Re: SILO

[Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 10:04:18AM +0100, Davide Barbieri wrote:
> [From a private discussion about silo]
> 
> Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>  > > I wasn't able to compile it.
>  > > One problem appears when compiling second/main.c
>  > > 
>  > > PAGE_MASK not defined; I simply add a #include <asm/page.h>
>  > 
>  > This is not a bug in SILO. I bet you either have completely braindamaged
>  > glibc headers or kernel headers. 
> 
> Yes, I really think that I have a messed up system. Anyway, I have
> installed the latest version of glibc and kernel-headers.
> I have also done, a fresh install, but the problem remains.
> 
>  > I think it is not the right way to fix bugs in
>  > other places than the sources they are in. I never use PAGE_MASK in SILO, so
>  > I don't see why we should include it.
>  > Actually, what kernel headers are you using? If it is because some kernel
>  > header forgets to include <asm/page.h>, then it is a bug in kernel headers.
>  > But as far as I remember, this was fixed in kernel headers a long time ago.
> 
> I use kernel-headers-2.0.33

	It's a bug in kernel-headers-2.0.33, from sparclinux-2.0.33:
you always have to include <asm/page.h> if you include <linux/elf.h>.
But it shouldn't hurt.

-- 
Juan Cespedes


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