Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934398AbYBHLGE (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:06:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932073AbYBHLFu (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:05:50 -0500 Received: from smtp6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.40]:54636 "EHLO smtp6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758924AbYBHLFt (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:05:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:48:51 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Kamalesh Babulal , rusty@rustcorp.com.au Cc: LKML , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft , Balbir Singh , Ivan Kokshaysky Subject: Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] 2.6.24-git18 build fails section type conflict psmouse-base Message-ID: <20080208104851.GI7198@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <47AC2FDB.7080104@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47AC2FDB.7080104@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1356 Lines: 37 On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:02:59PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > Hi, > > The 2.6.24-git18 kernel build fails on the power machine with following message > > 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 > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > this failure was reported earlier http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/22/64 You need the patch from [1] manually applied (due to changed context) and with " || defined(__powerpc__)" added for getting it compiling. @Rusty: Can you look at this issue? It's a modules problem on 3 architectures. cu Adrian [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/27/29 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/