lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Apr]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: Linux 2.4.21-pre7
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes:
    > On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 11:55, mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote:
    > > Kaj-Michael Lang writes:
    > > > > So here goes -pre7. Hopefully the last -pre.
    > > > >
    > > > Won't compile for my PPC:
    > > > ---
    > > > -o vmlinux
    > > > drivers/ide/idedriver.o(.text+0x1a544): In function `pmac_outbsync':
    > > > : undefined reference to `io_flush'
    > > > drivers/ide/idedriver.o(.text+0x1a544): In function `pmac_outbsync':
    > > > : relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 io_flush
    > >
    > > Someone updated pmac.c without testing it: io_flush() doesn't exist
    > > in 2.4.21-pre. Based on the diff from -pre6 to -pre7, I'd say the
    > > following is a reasonable approximation. My PM4400 runs with this
    > > patch right now.
    >
    > Or just get my devel rsync.
    >
    > Actually, what happened is that Marcelo took the version that was
    > in -ac tree, which I sent to Alan a while ago and is now outdated.
    > The io_flush macro was something I added to the arch includes and
    > later removed as I fixed the problem differently.
    >
    > Marcelo: I sent you a fixed version, please do not apply this patch
    > but rather the one I sent you.

    Ok, I can understand what happened, but shouldn't these fixes be
    cc:d to or at last announced on LKML as well? It could be a month
    before Marcelo does a -pre8 or -rc1.
    -
    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/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:34    [W:4.107 / U:1.072 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site