linux-kernel - Re: [linux-next][bisected 1945bc45] build brakes for PowerPC BE configuration on LPAR

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Date:   Thu, 04 May 2017 16:20:50 +0530
From:   Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        sachinp <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        ego <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [linux-next][bisected 1945bc45] build brakes for PowerPC BE
 configuration on LPAR

On Thu, 2017-05-04 at 20:29 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > linux-next build fails on BE config with next-20170424 onwards
> >
> > the patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/20/994  fixes a similar issue
> > with kvm guest build failure.
> >
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S: Assembler messages:
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:395: Error: operand out of range
> > (0xffffffffffff8280 is not between 0x0000000000000000 and
> > 0x000000000000ffff)
> > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o] Error 1
> 
> I couldn't reproduce that.
> 
> What toolchain are you using?

I have gcc-4.8.2-1 on Power 6 LPAR running Fedora 20.

Also recreating the same on Power 8 BE LPAR having gcc-4.8.5-11

> 
> cheers
> 


-- 
Regard's

Abdul Haleem
IBM Linux Technology Centre