linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/6] x86, efi: Fix endian issues and unaligned accesses

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Message-Id: <20120229190456.f62620c4113466490a4851b5@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:04:56 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/6] x86, efi: Fix endian issues and unaligned
 accesses

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
> 
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:13:22 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > OK, I tried just that patch on top of Linus' tree and obviously that
> > didn't work :-) so I pulled the x86/build branch from the tip tree into
> > my tree (which contained just Linus' tree of today
> > (v3.3-rc5-97-g891003a)). and the build failed like this:
> > 
> > arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c:36:22: error: asm/boot.h: No such file or directory
> > 
> > The build is an ARCH=x86_64 defconfig with CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y.
> 
> I added V=1 and the command line for the build of build.c is
> 
> gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/x86/boot/tools/.build.d -Iarch/x86/boot -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer   -I/scratch/sfr/x86_seg.obj/include   -I/scratch/sfr/x86_seg/tools/include -include /scratch/sfr/x86_seg/include/linux/kconfig.h -o arch/x86/boot/tools/build /scratch/sfr/x86_seg/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c  
> 
> I am using a separate object tree as well (source tree
> is /scratch/sfr/x86_seg, object is /scratch/sfr/x86_seg.obj).

I have refetched x86/build after these two patches:
	x86, tools: Remove unneeded header files from tools/build.c
	x86, build: Fix portability issues when cross-building

And the kernel build now completes.

Thank you all for all the work.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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