2008-04-12 04:23:04

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:40:36 +0300 Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:33:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >...
> > Changes since 2.6.25-rc8-mm1:
> >...
> > +ext4-is-busted-on-m68k.patch
> >
> > ext4 doesn't build on m68k
> >...
>
> Is this due to the generic_find_next_le_bit compile error I reported as
> 2.6.25 regression (there seems to be some discussion recently how to
> fix it - hopefully for 2.6.25) or is there even more breakage in -mm?

Yes, it's the bitops screwup.

I saw some related linux-ext4 email float past yesterday, so something
might be happening.



2008-04-12 18:43:33

by Aneesh Kumar K.V

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Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 09:22:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:40:36 +0300 Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:33:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >...
> > > Changes since 2.6.25-rc8-mm1:
> > >...
> > > +ext4-is-busted-on-m68k.patch
> > >
> > > ext4 doesn't build on m68k
> > >...
> >
> > Is this due to the generic_find_next_le_bit compile error I reported as
> > 2.6.25 regression (there seems to be some discussion recently how to
> > fix it - hopefully for 2.6.25) or is there even more breakage in -mm?
>
> Yes, it's the bitops screwup.
>
> I saw some related linux-ext4 email float past yesterday, so something
> might be happening.
>

It would really help if we can get some m68k people to look at patch
i posted.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/5944


-aneesh

2008-04-13 07:45:52

by Michael Schmitz

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Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2

>> I saw some related linux-ext4 email float past yesterday, so something
>> might be happening.
>>
>
> It would really help if we can get some m68k people to look at patch
> i posted.
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/5944

I'd love to - only I can't seem to compile 2.6.25 at all. What's the
minimum gcc version I should use?

Michael

2008-04-13 08:11:50

by Geert Uytterhoeven

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Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > I saw some related linux-ext4 email float past yesterday, so something
> > > might be happening.
> >
> > It would really help if we can get some m68k people to look at patch
> > i posted.
> >
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/5944
>
> I'd love to - only I can't seem to compile 2.6.25 at all. What's the minimum
> gcc version I should use?

My cross-compiler is gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

P.S. I'll look into it when I find some time, but you may beat me to it...
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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