Re: Linux 2.3.41, 2.3.42... won't compile on Alpha (Jensen)

[Scott A. Sibert]

Any similar recommendations for Alpha patches?  The last several kernels
won't compile on my Jensen machine (Alpha) because it does not have PCI and
something somewhere is demanding PCI support.  2.3.42 compile failed with
this:

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/root/lx-23x/arch/alpha/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/root/lx-23x/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O3
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8
-mcpu=ev4 -Wa,-mev6   -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c alpha_ksyms.c
In file included from alpha_ksyms.c:16:
/home/root/lx-23x/include/linux/pci.h:318: parse error before `dma_addr_t'
/home/root/lx-23x/include/linux/pci.h:318: warning: no semicolon at end of
struct or union
/home/root/lx-23x/include/linux/pci.h:346: parse error before `}'
make[1]: *** [alpha_ksyms.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/root/lx-23x/arch/alpha/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
[root@wakko lx-23x]#

Usually it gives some error at the end of "make boot" with references to some
kind of pci hose blah blah blah...

Thanks,
Scott

Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Patrick Lerda wrote:
> >
> > Some changes have been made in the code, like new typedef, etc... these
> > modifications
> > are not present in powerpc asm include files... Some work is needed to
> > resync these parts
>
> If you are going to be compiling PPC devel kernels, and reporting bugs
> on them, you should (a) follow linuxppc-dev, and (b) grab the latest
> 2.3.43-preXX pre-patch, which includes PPC fixes.
>
> In general, PPC tends to lag behind the Linus tree, so you should always
> use Paul MacKerras(sp?) or similar kernel trees.
>
>         Jeff