Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:49:46 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: K7/Athlon Optimization Causes Build Fail on Kernel 3.3 i686 |
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On 03/29/2012 01:46 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:28:40AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> I like this one for urgent as a quick fix, but it doesn't solve the real >> problem which is that boot/compressed shouldn't pick up these macros at all. > > But it does through: > > <arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h>: >
That's the problem... it shouldn't use that.
> >> It should be possible to build with MK7 (which is an optimization >> option) and EFI (a functionality option) since they don't inherently >> conflict. It just doesn't necessarily have to happen *right now*. > > I know, technically it is doable, but do you see a K7 box with an EFI > firmware? I, at least, don't think so... :-) > > Now, if you think that those optimizations could be used on other boxes > which could sport EFI, then that's a whole another question... >
What I'm saying, mostly, is that this is indicative of a bigger bug.
-hpa
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