On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:05:58 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Feb 12, 8:13 am, Fabio Coatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > 9859http://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. > > > > -- > > Fabio "Cova" Coatti http://members.ferrara.linux.it/cova > > Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it > > GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 > > Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password. > > -- > > 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/ > > Fabio, Can you please post your boot messages in bug 9859.
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