linux-2.4.12-ac6 compile errors on sparc64

linux-2.4.12-ac6 compile errors on sparc64

[Ian Gulliver]

Attempting to compile linux-2.4.12-ac6 on sparc64.
linux-2.4.13 compiles fine on the same machine.

anubis% sparc64-linux-gcc --version
3.0.2
anubis% make

..............

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ian/linux-2.4.10-ac12/arch/sparc64/kernel'
sparc64-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/ian/linux-2.4.10-ac12/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -m64 -pipe -mno-fpu -mcpu=ultrasparc -mcmodel=medlow -ffixed-g4 -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7 -Wno-sign-compare -Wa,--undeclared-regs    -c -o init_task.o init_task.c
init_task.c:7: `INIT_MMAP' undeclared here (not in a function)
make[1]: *** [init_task.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ian/linux-2.4.10-ac12/arch/sparc64/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_arch/sparc64/kernel] Error 2

Re: linux-2.4.12-ac6 compile errors on sparc64

[David S. Miller]

We've said repeatedly that AC kernels will not compile, please use
the standard Linus kernels on sparc64.

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

Re: linux-2.4.12-ac6 compile errors on sparc64

[Alan Cox]

> We've said repeatedly that AC kernels will not compile, please use
> the standard Linus kernels on sparc64.

Or send me patches to fix the problem (me not DaveM). That way people can
run ext3 and other stuff on sparc. Im happy to take fixes, but obviously
Dave does have other things to concentrate on