2008-01-31 23:13:49

by Reinaldo Carvalho

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Subject: missing asm-x86_64 detection

:/# uname -a
Linux devil 2.6.22.16-amd64 #15 SMP Sat Jan 19 13:58:02 BRT 2008
x86_64 GNU/Linux

:/# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.22
:/# patch -p1 -R < ../patch-2.6.22.16
:/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.23
:/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.24
:/# cd /usr/src/ ; mv linux-2.6.22 linux-2.6.24; cd linux-2.6.24
:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make oldconfig
:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make all
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
ERROR: the symlink include/asm points to asm-x86_64 but asm-x86 was expected
set ARCH or save .config and run 'make mrproper' to fix it
make: ** [include/asm] Erro 1

:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# cp .config ../config-2.6.24
:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make mrproper
CLEAN scripts/basic
CLEAN scripts/genksyms
CLEAN scripts/kconfig
CLEAN scripts/mod
CLEAN scripts
CLEAN include/config
CLEAN .config .config.old include/asm .version
include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h
include/linux/utsrelease.h Module.symvers
devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# cp ../config-2.6.24 .config
devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make oldconfig
devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make all
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig
CHK include/linux/version.h
UPD include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
UPD include/linux/utsrelease.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
CC arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s
GEN include/asm-x86/asm-offsets.h
...

system is x86_64!

:/# grep model\ name /proc/cpuinfo
model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2
model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2

:/# uname -a
Linux devil 2.6.22.16-amd64 #15 SMP Sat Jan 19 13:58:02 BRT 2008
x86_64 GNU/Linux


--
Reinaldo Carvalho


2008-02-01 05:02:14

by Lee Revell

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Subject: Re: missing asm-x86_64 detection

On Jan 31, 2008 6:13 PM, Reinaldo Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote:
> system is x86_64!
>
> :/# grep model\ name /proc/cpuinfo
> model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2
> model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2

What does "head -20 /usr/src/config-2.6.24" say?

Lee

2008-02-01 05:03:07

by H. Peter Anvin

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Subject: Re: missing asm-x86_64 detection

Reinaldo Carvalho wrote:
> :/# uname -a
> Linux devil 2.6.22.16-amd64 #15 SMP Sat Jan 19 13:58:02 BRT 2008
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> :/# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.22
> :/# patch -p1 -R < ../patch-2.6.22.16
> :/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.23
> :/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.24
> :/# cd /usr/src/ ; mv linux-2.6.22 linux-2.6.24; cd linux-2.6.24
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make oldconfig
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make all
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> ERROR: the symlink include/asm points to asm-x86_64 but asm-x86 was expected
> set ARCH or save .config and run 'make mrproper' to fix it
> make: ** [include/asm] Erro 1
>

"make mrproper" please.

-hpa

2008-02-01 05:29:47

by Nish Aravamudan

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Subject: Re: missing asm-x86_64 detection

On 1/31/08, Reinaldo Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote:
> :/# uname -a
> Linux devil 2.6.22.16-amd64 #15 SMP Sat Jan 19 13:58:02 BRT 2008
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> :/# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.22
> :/# patch -p1 -R < ../patch-2.6.22.16
> :/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.23
> :/# patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.24
> :/# cd /usr/src/ ; mv linux-2.6.22 linux-2.6.24; cd linux-2.6.24
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make oldconfig
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make all
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> ERROR: the symlink include/asm points to asm-x86_64 but asm-x86 was expected
> set ARCH or save .config and run 'make mrproper' to fix it
> make: ** [include/asm] Erro 1
>
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# cp .config ../config-2.6.24
> :/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make mrproper
> CLEAN scripts/basic
> CLEAN scripts/genksyms
> CLEAN scripts/kconfig
> CLEAN scripts/mod
> CLEAN scripts
> CLEAN include/config
> CLEAN .config .config.old include/asm .version
> include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h
> include/linux/utsrelease.h Module.symvers
> devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# cp ../config-2.6.24 .config
> devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make oldconfig
> devil:/usr/src/linux-2.6.24# make all
> scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> UPD include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> UPD include/linux/utsrelease.h
> SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
> CC arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s
> GEN include/asm-x86/asm-offsets.h
> ...
>
> system is x86_64!

And your point? The archs are being merged into just x86 (instead of
x86_32 and x86_64 being separate). That's why the asm-x86_64 symlink
was complained about above.

There is no error. Check your config that CONFIG_64BIT and
CONFIG_X86_64 are set.

Thanks,
Nish