Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:53:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:53:20 -0400 Received: from penguin.e-mind.com ([195.223.140.120]:22128 "EHLO penguin.e-mind.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:53:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:52:46 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: "Magnus Naeslund(f)" Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Alpha compile problem solved by Andrea (pte_alloc) Message-ID: <20010427155246.O16020@athlon.random> In-Reply-To: <052901c0ceca$e6a543c0$020a0a0a@totalmef> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <052901c0ceca$e6a543c0$020a0a0a@totalmef>; from mag@fbab.net on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:34:01AM +0200 X-GnuPG-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.gnupg.asc X-PGP-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:34:01AM +0200, Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote: > Hello yesterday i installed redhat6.2 on our little alpha server over here. > It's an Ruffian EV56 system, and a hand upgraded redhat to be able to cope > with 2.4. > > I got an compile error that told me that pte_alloc was declared wrong in > some files.. > Then in the back of my mind i figured that Andrea does a lot of alpha work, > so i grepped after pte_alloc in his patches. > > I found: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.4/2.4.3/alpha > -numa-2 > > Now my kernel compiled, and it works great. (Thanks Andrea :)) > Just a little gotcha if anyone gets this problem (now it's in the mail > archives, where i didnt find it). > > Andrea: > Is that patch harmless, or is it experimental? The patch is ready for production. I just submitted it two times to Linus but no luck so far. However alternate patches are been merged in Linus's tree recently and they fix the compile problems at least. > Is there any other patches you recommend me to apply to my kernel? specifically for the alpha (but of course ok for x86 kernels too) in order against pre7: ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_alpha-numa-6 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_numa-sched-5 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_alpha-tlb-page-sym-1 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_softirq-SMP-fixes-2 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_rwsem-10 Andrea - 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/