Re: Problems compiling 2.2.15pre4 kernel

[Renaud Dreyer <rdreyer@math.berkeley.edu>]

> On Mon, Jan 24, Renaud Dreyer wrote:
> 
> > has anyone managed to successfully compile 2.2.15pre4? I get the following
> > error:
> > 
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fo
> mit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__powerpc__ -fsigned-char -msoft-flo
> at -pipe -fno-builtin -ffixed-r2 -Wno-uninitialized -mmultiple -mstring   -c 
> -o openpic.o openpic.c
> > openpic.c: In function `openpic_initirq':
> > openpic.c:455: `OPENPIC_SENSE_POLARITY' undeclared (first use in this funct
> ion)
> > openpic.c:455: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > openpic.c:455: for each function it appears in.)
> > make[2]: *** [openpic.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.2.15pre4/arch/ppc/kernel
> '
> > make[1]: *** [_dir_arch/ppc/kernel] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.2.15pre4'
> > make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
> 
> The kernel from kernel.org is not bugfree,especially the ppc section
> ;-)
> 
> Please try the patches from Benjamin Herrenschmidt. This will solve the
> problem. 
> http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40/test.html

Sorry not be clearer before, I was not using kernel.org's sources, but
the ones from Paul's rsync tree. I never had a problem with Paul's
various 2.2.14preX kernels, either compiling or booting. Ciao,

                       Renaud