2002-07-31 22:07:26

by Marcelo Tosatti

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Subject: Linux 2.4.19-rc4


Hi,

Since some critical problems appeared (mainly the d_unhash() SMP race)
here is rc4.


Summary of changes from v2.4.19-rc3 to v2.4.19-rc4
============================================

<[email protected]> (02/07/22 1.648)
[PATCH] SMP race in d_unhash()

<[email protected]> (02/07/22 1.649)
[PATCH] fix drivers/net/Config.in in 2.4.19-rc3

<[email protected]> (02/07/22 1.650)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 include/linux/module.h

<[email protected]> (02/07/23 1.651)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 - Coda

<[email protected]> (02/07/23 1.652)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 remove dead variable CONFIG_DRM_AGP.

<[email protected]> (02/07/23 1.653)
Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc4

<[email protected]> (02/07/26 1.654)
Make FastTrak be disabled by default

<[email protected]> (02/07/26 1.655)
[PATCH] Re: [PATCH] Fixes to linux1394

<[email protected]> (02/07/29 1.656)
[PATCH] penguin logo code

<[email protected]> (02/07/30 1.657)
[PATCH] Remove support to some SiS IDE chipsets which were causing data corruption

<[email protected]> (02/07/30 1.658)
[PATCH] Synchronize with a few left overs needed from -ac

<[email protected]> (02/07/30 1.659)
[PATCH] More -ac merge

<[email protected]> (02/07/31 1.654.1.1)
alpha pid-reporting POSIX comformance bug fix:

<[email protected]> (02/07/31 1.661)
[PATCH] Add missing check to openprom driver


2002-08-01 05:31:34

by Rudmer van Dijk

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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.19-rc4

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 23:20, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since some critical problems appeared (mainly the d_unhash() SMP race)
> here is rc4.
>

Found these warnings when compiling:

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-malign-functions=4 -nostdinc -I
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=setup -c
-o setup.o setup.c
setup.c: In function `amd_adv_spec_cache_feature':
setup.c:751: warning: implicit declaration of function `have_cpuid_p'
setup.c: At top level:
setup.c:2629: warning: `have_cpuid_p' was declared implicitly `extern' and
later `static'
setup.c:751: warning: previous declaration of `have_cpuid_p'
<snip>
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-malign-functions=4 -nostdinc -I
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=pci_pc
-c -o pci-pc.o pci-pc.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:1066: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1151: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1238: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1311: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1322: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1333: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1410: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1422: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1434: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1914: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:2019: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
<snip>
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-malign-functions=4 -nostdinc -I
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=apm -c
-o apm.o apm.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:237: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:331: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

output from scripts/ver_linux:
Linux gandalf 2.4.19-rc3-ac4 #2 Wed Jul 31 21:23:51 CEST 2002 i686 unknown

Gnu C 2.95.3
Gnu make 3.79.1
util-linux 2.11q
mount 2.11q
modutils 2.4.16
e2fsprogs 1.27
Linux C Library 2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Kbd 1.06
Sh-utils 2.0

my binutils is 2.12 and the script does not mention it... if I change the
scripts binutils 'detection' to:
ld -v 2>&1 | awk 'NR==1 {print "binutils ",$4}'
then it gets listed.

Rudmer