Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753426Ab2KLVv0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:51:26 -0500 Received: from co1ehsobe006.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.189]:46640 "EHLO co1outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751878Ab2KLVvZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:51:25 -0500 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:70.37.183.190;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:mail.freescale.net;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -4 X-BigFish: VS-4(zzbb2dI98dI9371I1432Izz1de0h1202h1d1ah1d2ahzz8275dhz2dh2a8h668h839h944hd2bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah139eh13b6h1441h1504h1537h1155h) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:51:06 -0600 From: Scott Wood Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.7-rc5 To: Geert Uytterhoeven CC: , In-Reply-To: (from geert@linux-m68k.org on Mon Nov 12 15:02:46 2012) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.11 Message-ID: <1352757066.32153.5@snotra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; delsp=Yes; format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1329 Lines: 35 On 11/12/2012 03:02:46 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > JFYI, when comparing v3.7-rc5 to v3.7-rc4[3], the summaries are: > > - build errors: +14/-4 > > 14 regressions: > + drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c: error: 'MSR_GS' undeclared (first > use in this function): => 799:93 These reports would be more useful if the actual .config were provided, rather than just saying "powerpc randconfig". I doubt this particular one is a regression; it looks like the dependencies have always been too weak (patch sent) and you're just comparing different randomly-generated configs. > powerpc-randconfig > > + error: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24 against symbol > `._mcount' defined in .text section in arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.o: > (.text+0x1ff9eb8) => (.text+0x1ffa274), (.text+0x1ff7840) > > powerpc-allyesconfig It's been over 3 years since powerpc-allyesconfig built (it's just too big for the relocation model the kernel uses) -- how is this a regression? -Scott -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/