Messages in this thread | | | From | Kyle Moffett <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.15-rc2-mm1] Disabled flatmem on ppc32? (ARCH=powerpc) | Date | Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:32:35 -0500 |
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On Nov 27, 2005, at 08:43:40, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> Kyle Moffett wrote: > > >> There is a Kconfig problem for ppc32 in the latest -mm kernel. It >> seems that somehow the Kconfig logic for selecting memory models >> under ARCH=powerpc doesn't quite get it right for standard >> flatmem ppc32 systems. When I look at the memory model >> selection, I only see sparsemem, whereas on a normal -rc2 kernel, >> I can see both flatmem and sparsemem. This somehow triggers a >> #error where the number of reserved bits is less than the number >> necessary for the sparsemem layout (because we're on a 32-bit arch >> without the address space for sparsemem?). >> > > I suspect we have neglected to add back the default for FLATMEM on > 32 bit when we allowed FLATMEM to be disabled for 64 bit. Will go > and look at it. Thanks for the report. >
When you get it figured out, could you CC the patch to me? I'd like to do some testing -mm1 and this is a bit of a showstopper :-D. Thanks!
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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