Hi all,
i have been trying to build 2.5.64 + bk7-patchset on my alpha
( dual EV67, DP264 ), which failed, giving this message:
[....]
gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/alpha/kernel/.smp.o.d -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -mcpu=ev6 -Wa,-mev6 -fomit-frame-pointer -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -Werror -Wno-sign-compare -DKBUILD_BASENAME=smp -DKBUILD_MODNAME=smp -c -o arch/alpha/kernel/smp.o arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: In function `wait_boot_cpu_to_stop':
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c:117: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: In function `secondary_cpu_start':
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c:401: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: In function `smp_boot_one_cpu':
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c:463: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c: In function `smp_call_function_on_cpu':
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c:842: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c:855: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/smp.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
For me, the following patch provides a successful build:
--- linux-2.5.64bk7/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c Wed Mar 5 04:29:04 2003
+++ linux-2.5.64bk7-kirk/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c Wed Mar 12 17:29:08 2003
@@ -114,3 +114,3 @@ wait_boot_cpu_to_stop(int cpuid)
{
- long stop = jiffies + 10*HZ;
+ unsigned long stop = jiffies + 10*HZ;
@@ -351,3 +351,3 @@ secondary_cpu_start(int cpuid, struct ta
struct pcb_struct *hwpcb, *ipcb;
- long timeout;
+ unsigned long timeout;
@@ -430,3 +430,3 @@ smp_boot_one_cpu(int cpuid)
struct task_struct *idle;
- long timeout;
+ unsigned long timeout;
@@ -818,3 +818,3 @@ smp_call_function_on_cpu (void (*func) (
struct smp_call_struct data;
- long timeout;
+ unsigned long timeout;
int num_cpus_to_call;
Can anybody more knowledgeable confirm/deny the above ?
Regards,
Thomas Weyergraf
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