From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262025AbTD2Oip (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:38:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262032AbTD2Oip (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:38:45 -0400 Received: from SPARCLINUX.MIT.EDU ([18.248.2.241]:23812 "EHLO sparclinux.mit.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262025AbTD2Oil (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:38:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:32:44 -0400 From: Rob Radez To: Schwarzseher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.68 and SMP on arch/sparc Message-ID: <20030429143243.GA17387@osinvestor.com> References: <3EAE7F0E.7080003@coolgoose.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EAE7F0E.7080003@coolgoose.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 03:33:02PM +0200, Schwarzseher wrote: > Hi, > out whatever reasons I'm currently trying to update a debian > installation on an old 2 processor SparcStation 20 clone. > > Unfortunately I run into trouble compiling a 2.5.68 kernel on it. It > seems that the inline "cpu_possible" is missing out of > include/asm-sparc/smp.h while being existent in include/asm-i386/smp.h > and others. A > Also unfortunately it seems to be needed for compiling successfully. > Even more unfortunately I don't have an idea on how to add it (or rather > what to add) because I'm not so deeply involved into inner kernel > workings or the sparc architecture. This is a known problem and one that I'm hoping (if no one else gets around to it) to fix when I get back home and have access to my SMP sparc to test with. > > I attached the errors below. Am I the only one who tries to ran an > actual 2.5 testing kernel on this vintage hardware? I know for sure that I am, check out http://osinvestor.com/sparc/ for my sparc32 kernel status page. I also know for sure that not many other people are. > While in this issue (even when it's off topic for this list, so please > ignore if you feel insulted): Does anyone have an idea why swapon > /dev/sdc2 throws a core since I updated to a (successfully for SMP > compiled) 2.4.20 kernel? The swapon syscall is executed and in fact the > swapspace is added but afterwards the swapon utility hickups with an > segmentation fault... Had a look into the source but didn't understand > what may be happening that results into a segfault. There is a patch going around for this that will hopefully be in the next stock release. One note: please e-mail the sparclinux@vger.kernel.org with sparc specific problems since you're more likely not to get lost in the noise there. Also, the list archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc (or various other places) hold answers to all sorts of questions. Regards, Rob Radez