Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763579AbYBLRUr (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:20:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758838AbYBLRUk (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:20:40 -0500 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:25222 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754824AbYBLRUj (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:20:39 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:18:55 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: Fabio Coatti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64 Message-Id: <20080212091855.d43d7926.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <200802121503.41328.cova@ferrara.linux.it> References: <200802121503.41328.cova@ferrara.linux.it> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2156 Lines: 59 On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:03:41 +0100 Fabio Coatti wrote: > Hi all, > I'm stuck in a weird situation: I'm unable to go beyond 2.6.23.14, so to fix > the splice bug I've had to apply by hand the patch. (x86_64) > > Basically, with 2.6.24.2 (the same with 2.6.24 and .1), tha machine won't boot > due to a problem with cciss driver, that prevents to find the / partition. > (bug described here: Kernel Bug Tracker Bug 9859 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9859 ); > > With kernels 2.6.23, the lastest that I can compile is 2.6.23.14; starting > from .15 (and .16) I get this message: > > ====================== > UPD include/linux/compile.h > CC init/version.o > LD init/built-in.o > LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > drivers/built-in.o: In function `acpi_init': > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1713): undefined reference to `pm_flags' > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1756): undefined reference to `pm_flags' > ====================== > > All .config are the same, (make oldconfig) beside the obvious differences > between .23 and .24 > > Hardware: x86_64 AMD 2216HE > SCSI controller: HP Smart Array E200i Controller > Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 > binutils: 2.16.1 > > On a x86 machine, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz > with a cciss0: HP Smart Array 6i Controller, > the 2.6.24.2 compiles just fine and works, so the cciss problems seems related > only to E200i controller. > > Right now, on AMD64 machines, I'm forced to patch by hand the kernel, that's > quite uncomfortable :) > > Can someone point me in the right direction to get out of this situation? Of > course I can provide any further information. (.config not inlcuded now to > avoid cluttering ) > > Thanks for any answer. a/ send .config file for the build problem above b/ How do you download and/or apply 2.6.23.{15,16} ? Full tarball or base tarball + patches? If patches, what base tree are they applied to? --- ~Randy -- 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/