Re: xen 4.2.0-rc3-pre: building failure on alpine linux / uclibc

[Mark van Dijk <lists+xen@internecto.net>]

> >>>> This is upstream QEMU that is breaking, not qemu-xen-traditional
> >>>> (see the code path: qemu-xen-dir-remote instead of
> >>>> qemu-xen-traditional-dir-remote).
> >>> Ah, I didn't know, it's a little bit confusing. Would you like me
> >>> to submit a bug report with them?
> >>>
> >>>> Moreover it is breaking compiling qemu-nbd that we aren't
> >>>> currently using. I would try out the following change to the
> >>>> configure script: (..snip..)
> >>> Yes, that works, thanks! But it gives a new error which I couldn't
> >>> solve yet:
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> LINK  qemu-nbd
> >>>
> >>> cutils.o: In function `strtosz_suffix_unit':
> >>>
> >>> tools/qemu-xen-dir/cutils.c:354: undefined reference to
> >>> `__isnan'
> >>>
> >>> tools/qemu-xen-dir/cutils.c:357: undefined reference to `modf'
> >>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Any idea there?
> >> It is another "-lm" missing somewhere.
> > 
> > Ok, well I'll leave that to the people who can actually make a
> > healthy patch out of this.
> > 
> >>
> >>> Also -- If we're not using qemu-nbd then could you suggest a
> >>> workaround please? I'd prefer something that can be patched or
> >>> issued before I run the make process. (I run the make process
> >>> twice now - if the first run fails, patch, then run again and if
> >>> it fails again error out)
> >> You can disable qemu-nbd altogether with the following patch:
> >> (..snip..)
> > 
> > While I couldn't find the proper configure script for this (I even
> > grepped for stuff like 'virtfs=no' but got nothing), it was a good
> > starting point. So thanks for pointing me in the right direction :)
> > 
> > For now building unstable on Alpine Linux works with the following
> > patch:
> > 
> > http://pastebin.com/QU8XuM0a
> 
> Natanael Copa sent a patch to Qemu-devel some months ago to fix the
> build of Qemu on uClibc, but it seems like it was ignored:
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-06/msg02388.html
> 
> Could you try if that still applies and fixes your problems?

Hi Roger, thanks for following up. I will try this tomorrow and mail the
results.

Also, for the sake of being as thourough as possible -- just now I sent
a bug report about HVM issues. This is occurring on the same machine
but I also had HVM problems when it was still running ArchLinux. So I
doubt those are related but I want to make sure people know this
regards the same machine.

-- 
Good night,
Mark van Dijk.               ,--------------------------------
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