Hi Andrew, The kernel build fails, on the AMD machine with following message
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c: In function ‘load_aout_binary’: arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_MAGIC’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: ‘ZMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: for each function it appears in.) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: ‘OMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:284: error: ‘QMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:284: error: ‘NMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:285: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TRSIZE’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:285: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_DRSIZE’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_SYMSIZE’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TXTOFF’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:300: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:300: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:317: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:318: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TXTADDR’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:319: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:320: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_DATADDR’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:321: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:322: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_BSSADDR’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:337: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:337: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:350: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:350: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:380: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:380: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:383: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:384: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:384: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:392: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:405: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:409: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:434: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c: In function ‘load_aout_library’: arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:466: error: ‘ZMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:466: error: ‘QMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:467: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:469: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:469: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:473: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_FLAGS’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:479: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:499: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:499: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:509: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:509: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:518: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:518: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’ arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’ make[1]: *** [arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.o] Error 1 make: *** [arch/x86/ia32] Error 2 The patch aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout.patch, creates a struct exec in linux/a.out.h and asm/a.out.h already has it, for the struct related warnings. -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL. - 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