athlon-xp header issue

Hey guys,

I'm using a gentoo copy of the 2.4.22 kernel, with various patches applied to fix various issues, but this issue exists in the 2.4.24 kernel source code that I downloaded from the kernel.org site.

When I set the kernel model to athlon-xp in "menuconfig", it sets CONFIG_MK7XP=y which is what I'd expect. However the issue comes when I try to issue "make bzImage", it fails reporting various issues with:

`CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT' undeclared here (not in a function)

in a number of files. I did a google search for the error, and didn't find anything helpful, in fact most of the results appeared to be about nVidia graphics drivers. I'm no coder, but with a little help from Jason Munro, I managed to track down the cause of the issue. He pointed me to this email:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0309.0/2036.html

This gave me a hint. So I took a look in arch/i386/config.in and noticed that the check for CONFIG_MK7XP is missing. This results in the appropriate settings not being set. Is this intentional? Or am I looking in the wrong area for my problem?

If this email warrants a reply, please CC my address, as I am not a member of this list.

Jonathan Angliss
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Insanity is my only means of relaxation

CONFIG_MK7XP is a gentoo specific bogon. Bug them about it. (For info on why its bogus, search the linux-kernel archives,
as it comes up every few months.)

Dave

Hello Dave,

Thanks for the response. I shall jump on them about it.

Jonathan Angliss
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Never mind the star, get those camels off my lawn!

Are you referring to the fact that Gentoo's kernel is a steamy pile, or the fact that the extra athlon-xp stuff is pointless?

--Iggy

The former I can't comment on as I've not seen it, but the latter is certainly true the last time I checked gcc code.

Dave