On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:47:19 +0100 Fabio Coatti wrote: > Alle martedì 12 febbraio 2008, Randy Dunlap ha scritto: > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:03:41 +0100 Fabio Coatti wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I'm stuck in a weird situation: I'm unable to go beyond 2.6.23.14, so to > > > fix the splice bug I've had to apply by hand the patch. (x86_64) > > > > > > Basically, with 2.6.24.2 (the same with 2.6.24 and .1), tha machine won't > > > boot due to a problem with cciss driver, that prevents to find the / > > > partition. (bug described here: Kernel Bug Tracker Bug 9859 > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9859 ); > > > > > > With kernels 2.6.23, the lastest that I can compile is 2.6.23.14; > > > starting from .15 (and .16) I get this message: > > > > > > ====================== > > > UPD include/linux/compile.h > > > CC init/version.o > > > LD init/built-in.o > > > LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > > > drivers/built-in.o: In function `acpi_init': > > > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1713): undefined reference to `pm_flags' > > > bus.c:(.init.text+0x1756): undefined reference to `pm_flags' > > > ====================== > > > > > > All .config are the same, (make oldconfig) beside the obvious differences > > > between .23 and .24 > > > > > > Hardware: x86_64 AMD 2216HE > > > SCSI controller: HP Smart Array E200i Controller > > > Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 > > > binutils: 2.16.1 > > > > > > On a x86 machine, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz > > > with a cciss0: HP Smart Array 6i Controller, > > > the 2.6.24.2 compiles just fine and works, so the cciss problems seems > > > related only to E200i controller. > > > > > > Right now, on AMD64 machines, I'm forced to patch by hand the kernel, > > > that's quite uncomfortable :) > > > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction to get out of this situation? > > > Of course I can provide any further information. (.config not inlcuded > > > now to avoid cluttering ) > > > > > > Thanks for any answer. > > > > a/ send .config file for the build problem above > > b/ How do you download and/or apply 2.6.23.{15,16} ? > > Full tarball or base tarball + patches? > > If patches, what base tree are they applied to? > > > > full tarball from kernel.org (.16), tried also applying patches to 2.6.23 > vanilla.(.15,.16) Same process leads to successful compilation for .14
OK, quite easy to reproduce when CONFIG_PM=n. For a temp quick fix, you could enable CONFIG_PM. Len, Rafael: were there any recent patches for the split of ACPI & PM that need to be backported to -stable? Thanks. --- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
