Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 03:17:02PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: >> Adrian Bunk wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:59:29PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >>>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:10:02 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This build failure is seen on the powerpc from the 2.6.24-git18 kernel >>>>> and is still visible >>>>> in the 2.6.25-rc1-git1. >>>>> >>>>> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a >>>>> section type conflict >>>>> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a >>>>> section type conflict >>>>> make[3]: *** [drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.o] Error 1 >>>>> make[2]: *** [drivers/input/mouse] Error 2 >>>>> make[1]: *** [drivers/input] Error 2 >>>>> >>>>> The patch http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/8/514 seems to have not taken into >>>>> 2.6.25-rc1 and >>>>> 2.6.25-rc1-git(s). Is there any new patch i am missing out. >>>> I have it queued up, along with quite a few other things, but for the next >>>> couple of days I have logistical problems which are preventing me from >>>> doing runtime testing. >>> And this really isn't a regression. >>> >>> It seems Kamalesh has upgraded his gcc to 4.2 between trying >>> 2.6.24-git18 and trying 2.6.25-rc1-git1? >>> >>> cu >>> Adrianhttp://sydgsa.ibm.com/gsa/sydgsa/projects/k/kernel.org/korg/ >>> >> Hi Adrian, >> >> I am using the gcc version >> >> gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3) >> >> It has been the same gcc version from 2.6.24-git18 to 2.6.25-rc1-git{1,2). >> This build failure is seen from 2.6.24-git18 and is still seen in >> 2.6.25-rc1-git{1,2}. > > I misread what you meant with the word "from". > > But my point is still that this is not a regression in the kernel but a > problem when using gcc 4.2 on powerpc (no matter whether the kernel or > gcc is wrong in this case). > > Or am I wrong here and you are able to compile older powerpc kernels > with the same gcc and .config? > >> Kamalesh Babulal, > > cu > Adrian > Sorry for the term using "regression in the kernel", this seems not to be the regression from the kernel.I tried compiling older versions of kernels on the machine. I was able to reproduce the same build failure with 2.6.23 and similar one with 2.6.22.
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c:1095: error: __param_hotmod causes a section type conflict drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c:1095: error: __param_hotmod causes a section type conflict -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
