Linux 2.4.19pre2-ac2 || Linux 2.4.18-ac3, compilation error on SPARC

Hello:

I couldn't get the latest ac kernels to compile on a SUN sparc Ultra 10, even using the default configuration (arch/sparc64/defconfig).

I didn't try yet to compile a older kernel. Here is the error message I get:

sparc64-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/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 -DKBUILD_BASENAME=ide -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c ide.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ide.h:301,

                 from ide.c:149:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:132: warning: `/*' within comment
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ide.h:301,
                 from ide.c:149:

/usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:153: parse error before `static' /usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:153: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:153: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h: In function `ide_insw':
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:175: warning: implicit declaration of function `inw_be' /usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h: At top level:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/ide.h:320: warning: This file contains more {'s than }'s. /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ide.h:1103: warning: This file contains more {'s than }'s. ide.c: In function `ide_dump_status':
ide.c:993: warning: long long int format, long int arg (arg 2)
ide.c: In function `hwif_unregister':
ide.c:2188: warning: implicit declaration of function `ide_release_region' make[3]: *** [ide.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/ide'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/ide'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_ide] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2

I am using Debian unstable on that computer.

egcs64 19980921.1-1
libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-3
libc6-dev-spar 2.2.5-3

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc64-linux/egcs-2.92.11/specs gcc version egcs-2.92.11 19980921 (gcc2 ss-980609 experimental)

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same problem here
2.4.19-ac2 compiles ok
when applying the ac patches is fails on the ide.h

sun ultrasparc 10
redhat 6.2 (lot of updates)
gcc version :

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)

egcs is not a recommended compiler for the -ac tree. I don't however think that is the problem. You need some pending patches from DaveM and possibly also some other further fixes.

I'm afraid sparc is right at the bottom of the platforms I care about