Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:52:46 +0200 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: Alpha compile problem solved by Andrea (pte_alloc) |
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:34:01AM +0200, Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote: > Hello yesterday i installed redhat6.2 on our little alpha server over here. > It's an Ruffian EV56 system, and a hand upgraded redhat to be able to cope > with 2.4. > > I got an compile error that told me that pte_alloc was declared wrong in > some files.. > Then in the back of my mind i figured that Andrea does a lot of alpha work, > so i grepped after pte_alloc in his patches. > > I found: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.4/2.4.3/alpha > -numa-2 > > Now my kernel compiled, and it works great. (Thanks Andrea :)) > Just a little gotcha if anyone gets this problem (now it's in the mail > archives, where i didnt find it). > > Andrea: > Is that patch harmless, or is it experimental?
The patch is ready for production. I just submitted it two times to Linus but no luck so far. However alternate patches are been merged in Linus's tree recently and they fix the compile problems at least.
> Is there any other patches you recommend me to apply to my kernel?
specifically for the alpha (but of course ok for x86 kernels too) in order against pre7:
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_alpha-numa-6 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_numa-sched-5 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_alpha-tlb-page-sym-1 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_softirq-SMP-fixes-2 ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.4pre7aa1/00_rwsem-10
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