Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762072AbYBMT2Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:28:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753816AbYBMT2A (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:28:00 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:52149 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752937AbYBMT17 (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:27:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:27:13 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: mikem13@sbcglobal.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Fabio Coatti Subject: Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64 Message-Id: <20080213112713.e028075f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <04a37899-eb7b-43ae-a7ab-1928ca1a0e35@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> References: <04a37899-eb7b-43ae-a7ab-1928ca1a0e35@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2701 Lines: 66 On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:05:58 -0800 (PST) mikem13@sbcglobal.net wrote: > 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. Let's cc him.. -- 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/