Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:12:19 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.5] A bunch of various minor bugs not fixed since 2.6.4 |
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On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 11:54:11PM +0200, Marek Szuba wrote: > 1. 'make *config' fails with missing header files
Only people who try to build userspace programs against current kernel header files experience this problem.
> 2. Platform-specific 'asm' symlink doesn't get created by 'make *config'
This is only a problem for people trying to build userspace programs against current kernel header files.
> 3. 'make clean' seems to remove too much
See 2.
These three complaints seem to revolve around your attempt to use the kernels header files for building user space programs against. This is something which hasn't really been supported by the kernel for many versions (since before 2.4) as you will find when searching the LKML archives.
/usr/include/{asm,linux} are supposed to be a copy of the sanitised kernel headers which were used *when glibc was built* (the words between the '*' are the important ones here.)
> 4. Floppy LED remains on whenever LILO boots the kernel quickly
This is a lilo bug - lilo is supposed to turn off the floppy motor before calling the kernel; the kernel has dropped its work-around for this bug and expects the boot loader to do it.
Alternatively, build a kernel with floppy support built in.
> 6. (not really a bug) It would be nice if the ieee1394 subsystem got > sysfs'ed soon...
sysfs'ing subsystems is a complex task, one which requires very careful analysis. Don't expect ieee1394 to change overnight (or if it does, expect your kernel to be unstable.)
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