linux-kernel - Re: REGRESSION: 8fc5b4d: Unable to compile x86_64 kernel with x86

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:16:45 +0200
From:	Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@...nzmann.de>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: REGRESSION: 8fc5b4d: Unable to compile x86_64 kernel with x86_32
 userland

Hello Vivek,

* Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> [2014-08-20 15:53]:
> A patch is sitting in akpm's tree. That patch puts the new code under
> a new config option CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE. So as long as you don't enable
> CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y, you should be fine. This should not impact any of
> the existing functionality. Just that you will not get the benefit of
> new system call.

> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kexec-create-a-new-config-option-config_kexec_file-for-new-syscall.patch

> I hope this patch gets merged soon.

> In the mean time I am trying to figure out how can I move away from
> using -mcmodel=large for purgatory.

perfect. I tried the patch and with the patch the kernel compiles again.

Cheers,
        Thomas
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