linux-kernel - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v2.6.39-rc3

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:05:33 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v2.6.39-rc3

On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 19:38 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 19:32, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:35:45 +0200 (CEST)
> >
> >> 47 regressions:
> >>   + build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before '__u32': 104, 90, 21, 282, 389, 460, 521, 444, 96, 297, 82, 57, 291, 258, 231, 482, 209, 510, 265, 113 => 104, 538, 90, 21, 523, 552, 266, 445, 292, 96, 82, 512, 563, 57, 259, 283, 298, 484, 390, 231, 209, 462, 574, 113
> >
> > I do allmodconfig builds on sparc64 systems every single day using
> > various versions of gcc-4.4, gcc-4.5, and gcc-4.6
> >
> > And I never ever see this build error.  Never.
> >
> > If you're using a cross build environment, maybe something isn't quite
> > right with that?
> 
> As it mentions `/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h', it seems to be an
> include that's part of the
> cross build environment.
> 
> I'm just using the logs from the linux-next build service...

Which is just using the cross compilers that Tony builds ...

I'll have a look and see if we can work out what the problem is.

cheers

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