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Siddha, Suresh B wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 07:18:18PM -0700, Peter Williams wrote: >> Siddha, Suresh B wrote: >>> I can try 32-bit kernel to check. >> Don't bother. I just checked 2.6.22-rc3 and the problem is not present >> which means something between rc2 and rc3 has fixed the problem. I hate >> it when problems (appear to) fix themselves as it usually means they're >> just hiding. >> >> I didn't see any patches between rc2 and rc3 that were likely to have >> fixed this (but doesn't mean there wasn't one). I'm wondering whether I >> should do a git bisect to see if I can find where it got fixed? >> >> Could you see if you can reproduce it on 2.6.22-rc2? > > No. Just tried 2.6.22-rc2 64-bit version at runlevel 3 on my remote > system at office. 15 attempts didn't show the issue. > > Sure that nothing changed in your test setup? > > More experiments tomorrow morning.. I've finished bisecting and the patch at which things appear to improve is cd5477911fc9f5cc64678e2b95cdd606c59a11b5 which is in the middle of a bunch of patches reorganizing the link phase of the build. Patch description is: kbuild: add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc author Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com> Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:28 +0000 (18:04 +0800) committer Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Sat, 19 May 2007 07:11:57 +0000 (09:11 +0200) commit cd5477911fc9f5cc64678e2b95cdd606c59a11b5 tree d893f07b0040d36dfc60040dc695384e9afcf103 tree | snapshot parent f892b7d480eec809a5dfbd6e65742b3f3155e50e commit | diff kbuild: add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc This patch fixes the following class of "Section mismatch" warnings when building powerpc platforms. WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:.got2 from prom_entry (offset 0x0) WARNING: arch/powerpc/platforms/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:mpc8313_rdb_probe from .machine.desc after 'mach_mpc8313_rdb' (at offset 0x4) .... Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> scripts/mod/modpost.c Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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