linux-kernel - Re: Odd build breakage in 4.9-rc7

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:57:27 +0100
From:   Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:     Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Odd build breakage in 4.9-rc7

On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 22:42 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> My current theory is that setting MODVERSIONS, somehow, hides the ERROR spew.
> Because that could explain your bisect. Linus' commit turns of MODVERSIONS the
> hard way. And, naturally, this theory fails if your .configs never had
> MODVERSIONS set in the first place.

This theory appears to be correct!

It's getting late here so I won't be spending much time on this anymore.
Perhaps you fancy looking into all this now. And, maybe, a new day will bring
me the courage needed to dive into this.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle