linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/24] ia64: types: use <asm-generic/int-*.h> for the ia64 architecture

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:42:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] ia64: types: use <asm-generic/int-*.h> for the
 ia64 architecture

Luck, Tony wrote:
> I get an error while building the ia64 sim_defconfig (which
> uses CONFIG_HZ=32)
> 
> kernel/time.c: In function `msecs_to_jiffies':
> kernel/time.c:472: error: `MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32UL' undeclared (first use in this function)
> kernel/time.c:472: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> kernel/time.c:472: error: for each function it appears in.)
> 
> 
> The generated timeconst.h has:
> #define MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32        0x83126e98
> 
> So some weird cpp thing happened and the UL got concatenated
> before the MSEC_TO_HZ_MUL32 was swapped out for its defined
> value.
> 
> All the rest of the ia64 configs build ok.
> 

OK... I'm clearly having a bad day... not only is the last patch in the 
series (the kernel/time.c stuff) just plain broken, but I ran the wrong 
test battery on it.

I will fix it up and post a replacement patch.

	-hpa
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