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ppc64 vecemu compile failure

DISCUSSION maximilian attems 4 participants 5 messages Jan 30, 2008

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on latest git since driver subsys merge on powerpc64:

arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fphalf':
vecemu.c:(.toc+0x1360): undefined reference to `devices_subsys' make[3]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

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Hi,

Quoted 5 lines · maximilian attems

on latest git since driver subsys merge on powerpc64:

arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fphalf':
vecemu.c:(.toc+0x1360): undefined reference to `devices_subsys' make[3]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

It's a known problem, fixed by:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=16491

-Olof

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Quoted 5 lines · Olof Johansson

Hi,

Quoted 2 lines · maximilian attems

on latest git since driver subsys merge on powerpc64:

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arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fphalf':
vecemu.c:(.toc+0x1360): undefined reference to `devices_subsys' make[3]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

It's a known problem, fixed by:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=16491

But begs the question, why is the linker lying to use about vecemu.c using devices_subsys?

cheers

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Quoted 11 lines · Michael Ellerman
Quoted 8 lines · Olof Johansson

Hi,

Quoted 5 lines · maximilian attems

on latest git since driver subsys merge on powerpc64:

arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fphalf':
vecemu.c:(.toc+0x1360): undefined reference to `devices_subsys' make[3]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

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It's a known problem, fixed by:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=16491

But begs the question, why is the linker lying to use about vecemu.c using devices_subsys?

Yes, that is a good question. fphalf isn't near it either.

-Olof

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Quoted 5 lines · maximilian attems

on latest git since driver subsys merge on powerpc64:

arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fphalf':
vecemu.c:(.toc+0x1360): undefined reference to `devices_subsys' make[3]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

See the patches posted on lkml for this already.

thanks,

greg k-h