Re: fio 2.0.8 fails to build on mipsel

[Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Am Dienstag, 26. Juni 2012 schrieb Jens Axboe:
> On 2012-06-26 16:13, Sven Hoexter wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:45:30PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >> Building fails on mipsel due to¹:
> >>     CC server.o
> >> 
> >> server.c: In function 'handle_probe_cmd':
> >> server.c:411:15: error: 'arch_mips' undeclared (first use in this
> >> function) server.c:411:15: note: each undeclared identifier is
> >> reported only once for each function it appears in make[1]: ***
> >> [server.o] Error 1
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory
> >> `/build/buildd-fio_2.0.8-1-mipsel-9VXitB/fio-2.0.8' make: ***
> >> [build-stamp] Error 2
> > 
> > Adding arch_mips to the enum list at the top of arch/arch.h fixes the
> > build issue, but I've no idea if that's the correct fix, regarding
> > endianess issue etc. Tested on mipsel only, though the build failure
> > happens on mips and mipsel.
> 
> It is the right fix, it just needs to have some value. Added.

fio 2.0.8-2 with a build fix for mips/mipsel made it to Debian unstable.

If desired by myself or someone else I may consider backporting it to 
Squeeze after it has entered testing.

Thanks,
-- 
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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