linux-kernel - Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:47:19 +0100
From:	Fabio Coatti <cova@...rara.linux.it>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64

Alle martedì 12 febbraio 2008, Randy Dunlap ha scritto:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:03:41 +0100 Fabio Coatti wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm stuck in a weird situation: I'm unable to go beyond 2.6.23.14, so to
> > fix the splice bug I've had to apply by hand the patch. (x86_64)
> >
> > Basically, with 2.6.24.2 (the same with 2.6.24 and .1), tha machine won't
> > boot due to a problem with cciss driver, that prevents to find the /
> > partition. (bug described here: Kernel Bug Tracker Bug 9859
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9859 );
> >
> > With kernels 2.6.23, the lastest that I can compile is 2.6.23.14;
> > starting from .15 (and .16) I get this message:
> >
> > ======================
> >   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
> >   CC      init/version.o
> >   LD      init/built-in.o
> >   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `acpi_init':
> > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1713): undefined reference to `pm_flags'
> > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1756): undefined reference to `pm_flags'
> > ======================
> >
> > All .config are the same, (make oldconfig) beside the obvious differences
> > between .23 and .24
> >
> > Hardware: x86_64 AMD 2216HE
> > SCSI controller: HP Smart Array E200i Controller
> > Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1
> > binutils: 2.16.1
> >
> > On a x86 machine, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz
> > with a cciss0: HP Smart Array 6i Controller,
> > the 2.6.24.2 compiles just fine and works, so the cciss problems seems
> > related only to E200i controller.
> >
> > Right now, on AMD64 machines, I'm forced to patch by hand the kernel,
> > that's quite uncomfortable :)
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction to get out of this situation?
> > Of course I can provide any further information. (.config not inlcuded
> > now to avoid cluttering  )
> >
> > Thanks for any answer.
>
> a/ send .config file for the build problem above
> b/ How do you download and/or apply 2.6.23.{15,16} ?
> 	Full tarball or base tarball + patches?
> 	If patches, what base tree are they applied to?
>

full tarball from kernel.org (.16), tried also applying patches to 2.6.23 
vanilla.(.15,.16) Same process leads to successful compilation for .14



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