Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764897AbYBLU4v (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:56:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758382AbYBLU4m (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:56:42 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:37766 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756950AbYBLU4l convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:56:41 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Fabio Coatti Subject: Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:55:13 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200802121503.41328.cova@ferrara.linux.it> <20080212091855.d43d7926.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <200802121847.19991.cova@ferrara.linux.it> In-Reply-To: <200802121847.19991.cova@ferrara.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802122155.13959.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2745 Lines: 66 On Tuesday, 12 of February 2008, Fabio Coatti wrote: > Alle marted? 12 febbraio 2008, Randy Dunlap ha scritto: > > 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? > > > > full tarball from kernel.org (.16), tried also applying patches to 2.6.23 > vanilla.(.15,.16) Same process leads to successful compilation for .14 You're not supposed to have CONFIG_PM unset and CONFIG_ACPI set at the same time. The oldconfig generation must have gone wrong at one point. Thanks, Rafael -- 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/