Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932821AbYBMQGY (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757977AbYBMQGQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06:16 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0708.google.com ([64.233.184.245]:50676 "EHLO wr-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757433AbYBMQGP (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <04a37899-eb7b-43ae-a7ab-1928ca1a0e35@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:05:58 -0800 (PST) Path: s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fa.linux.kernel Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=15.235.153.104; posting-account=pchT0goAAABvuUrREVzOewWkpU1HL5XN NNTP-Posting-Host: 15.235.153.104 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 HOUWEBPROXY01 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071115 Firefox/2.0.0.10,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Subject: Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64 From: mikem13@sbcglobal.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2517 Lines: 64 On Feb 12, 8:13 am, 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 9859http://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. > > -- > Fabio "Cova" Coatti http://members.ferrara.linux.it/cova > Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it > GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 > Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Fabio, Can you please post your boot messages in bug 9859. Thanks, mikem -- 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/