linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 compile error on m68k

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Message-ID: <20080410104059.GA23116@skywalker>
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:11:32 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, sct@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4 compile error on m68k

On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:48:02PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Commit aa02ad67d9b308290fde390682cd039b29f7ab85
> > "ext4: Add ext4_find_next_bit()" causes the following regression:
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> > 
> > ...
> >   CC [M]  fs/ext4/mballoc.o
> > /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/fs/ext4/mballoc.c: In function 'mb_find_next_bit':
> > /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/fs/ext4/mballoc.c:696: error: implicit declaration of function 'generic_find_next_le_bit'
> > make[3]: *** [fs/ext4/mballoc.o] Error 1
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> 
> Known issue. The ext4 developers added a #define (with a different name than in
> the patch comment) in the commit below, but forgot to make sure
> generic_find_next_le_bit() is actually available.
> 

generic_find_next_le_bit is defined in lib/find_next_bit.c. 

But m68k doesn't want to use the GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT. Can I request
somebody knowledgeable about m68k to give a try in implementing
generic_find_next_le_bit  equivalent on m68k ?

-aneesh
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