From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751401Ab0CPVrH (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:07 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:55690 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751027Ab0CPVrE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:04 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RWM7su4ZjrdpIxQ5MKaR+Ust+SK7Y9yB59PePkWj651w+0TFpRPWyKvYvigS0blul/ LZQqtf/UDRAYvxTaeWaig5xtcbT3T0GNXcmlQLRumpmsOMduCrlXttYQUhKivkRX4w2/ 5eczsqZ9aKczmcFs7VmpAAaiekGTNiyyVM6NE= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <006e01cac54e$dd6b7b10$98427130$@com> References: <001e01cac4cc$98072ce0$c81586a0$@com> <20100316182534.GA818@ds20.borg.net> <006e01cac54e$dd6b7b10$98427130$@com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:56 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Will's kernel compilation error From: Matt Turner To: Will L Givens Cc: dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Will L Givens wrote: >> > >> > It seems the problem, GPREL16, is pretty wide spread. I've tried >> building >> > the drivers as modules, since that doesn't appear to be a problem >> *knock on >> > wood* but one driver after another, after another, after another >> generates a >> > new GPREL16 error! Raid0 drivers, numerous NetFilter modules, IR >> drivers >> > (guess I can't use a Hauppauge card), and various other components. >> I'm >> > going to try a few more configurations... then hit the sack. I'm >> pretty sure >> > this is going to be a long process. >> >> when I hit the relocation overflow a couple of releases before, I >> locally >> applied this patch, which fixes it for me. I assume the kernel is >> slightly >> bigger this way, but I didn't measure it. >> >> ev6, everything built in, gcc 4.4 I think >> >> Thorsten >> >> >> diff --git a/arch/alpha/Makefile b/arch/alpha/Makefile >> index 4759fe7..2cc3cc5 100644 >> --- a/arch/alpha/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/alpha/Makefile >> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NM := $(NM) -B >> >>  LDFLAGS_vmlinux      := -static -N #-relax >>  CHECKFLAGS   += -D__alpha__ -m64 >> -cflags-y     := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -msmall-data >> +cflags-y     := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 >>  cflags-y     += $(call cc-option, -fno-jump-tables) >> >>  cpuflags-$(CONFIG_ALPHA_EV4)         := -mcpu=ev4 >> >> >> -- >> | Thorsten Kranzkowski        Internet: dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de >> | >> | Mobile: ++49 170 1876134       Snail: Kiebitzstr. 14, 49324 Melle, >> Germany  | >> | Ampr: dl8bcu@db0lj.#rpl.deu.eu, dl8bcu@marvin.dl8bcu.ampr.org >> [44.130.8.19] | > > That patch did the trick!!!! Everything built without issue... I'll post > your patch at bugzilla.kernel.org. Now, just have to test the AIC7xxx driver > and see if it works!  Nope it doesn't, same error as before... aic7xxx > unable to handle kernel paging address at 036b***** I'm going to try > swapping some memory around and see what happens if anything. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Don't post it to bugzilla. It'll just rot there. The author should mail linux-alpha@ to get it reviewed. Matt