[parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Tom]

Compiling the latest from CVS (-pa16, I think) and at the final make, when
gcc is actually doing the '-o vmlinux' I'm getting:

drivers/video/video.o: In function 'L1260':
drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x2554): undefined reference to
'fbcon_sti'
drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x255c): undefined reference to
'fbcon_sti'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

This happened with -pa15 also. I downloaded the pre-built -pa15 kernel and
it boots fine, though. Checking, I realized I had disabled PCI in my
config (it's a 715/100, no PCI in it), and remembered some discussion
about PCI being a 'depends-on' item for some things... Is it possible this
is a 'needs PCI' issue?

I have a new kernel compile going on now, with PCI enabled, so we'll see
what happens, but figured I'd toss it out in case someone else is seeing
this.

Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Carlos O'Donell Jr.]

> Compiling the latest from CVS (-pa16, I think) and at the final make, when
> gcc is actually doing the '-o vmlinux' I'm getting:
> 
> drivers/video/video.o: In function 'L1260':
> drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x2554): undefined reference to
> 'fbcon_sti'
> drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x255c): undefined reference to
> 'fbcon_sti'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> This happened with -pa15 also. I downloaded the pre-built -pa15 kernel and
> it boots fine, though. Checking, I realized I had disabled PCI in my
> config (it's a 715/100, no PCI in it), and remembered some discussion
> about PCI being a 'depends-on' item for some things... Is it possible this
> is a 'needs PCI' issue?
> 
> I have a new kernel compile going on now, with PCI enabled, so we'll see
> what happens, but figured I'd toss it out in case someone else is seeing
> this.
> 
>

Yes, without PCI you couldn't (until recently) compile
the STI Console.

Matthew believed that some subsequent changes had possibly
fixed this error, but I haven't checked yet.

It might be that STI Console depends on FB to be compiled.
Which can break since STI can still be compiled with FB
config turned off.

And thus you see the error that you have.

c. 

Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Tom]

> > Tom:
> > Compiling the latest from CVS (-pa16, I think) and at the final make, when
> > gcc is actually doing the '-o vmlinux' I'm getting:
> >
> > drivers/video/video.o: In function 'L1260':
> > drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x2554): undefined reference to
> > 'fbcon_sti'
> > drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x255c): undefined reference to
> > 'fbcon_sti'
> > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> >
> > This happened with -pa15 also. I downloaded the pre-built -pa15 kernel and
> > it boots fine, though. Checking, I realized I had disabled PCI in my
> > config (it's a 715/100, no PCI in it), and remembered some discussion
> > about PCI being a 'depends-on' item for some things... Is it possible this
> > is a 'needs PCI' issue?
> >
> > I have a new kernel compile going on now, with PCI enabled, so we'll see
> > what happens, but figured I'd toss it out in case someone else is seeing
> > this.
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Carlos O'Donell Jr. wrote:
> Yes, without PCI you couldn't (until recently) compile
> the STI Console.
>
> Matthew believed that some subsequent changes had possibly
> fixed this error, but I haven't checked yet.
>
> It might be that STI Console depends on FB to be compiled.
> Which can break since STI can still be compiled with FB
> config turned off.
>
> And thus you see the error that you have.

The recompile with PCI enabled has the same error, except it shows as
'0x2590' and '0x2598' instead of the '0x2554' and '0x255c' from last time.
Repeated the same addresses twice...

Not quite sure where to go from here, although I may download the
'linux-latest.tar.gz' copy from CVS and see if perhaps I've got a bad
snippet of code someplace...

Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:00:21PM -0900, Tom wrote:
> Compiling the latest from CVS (-pa16, I think) and at the final make, when
> gcc is actually doing the '-o vmlinux' I'm getting:
> 
> drivers/video/video.o: In function 'L1260':
> drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x2554): undefined reference to
> 'fbcon_sti'
> drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x255c): undefined reference to
> 'fbcon_sti'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

are you using " Advanced low level driver options" ? If yes, there is
a bug in driver/video/Config.in, which doesn't let you select fbcon sti
for advanced config. Turn off the Advanced low level thing and the link 
error should go away.

Thomas.

-- 
Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a
good idea.                                 [ Alexander Viro on linux-kernel ]

Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Tom]

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:00:21PM -0900, Tom wrote:
> > Compiling the latest from CVS (-pa16, I think) and at the final make, when
> > gcc is actually doing the '-o vmlinux' I'm getting:
> >
> > drivers/video/video.o: In function 'L1260':
> > drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x2554): undefined reference to
> > 'fbcon_sti'
> > drivers/video/video.o(.init.text+0x255c): undefined reference to
> > 'fbcon_sti'
> > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> are you using " Advanced low level driver options" ? If yes, there is
> a bug in driver/video/Config.in, which doesn't let you select fbcon sti
> for advanced config. Turn off the Advanced low level thing and the link
> error should go away.

Okay - FTR, enabling PCI and disabling the 'advanced low-level driver
options' allows a clean compile, which happily boots a 715/100 and runs
KDE using the aforementioned XF86Config-4 file.Thanks to all who chipped
in - this gives me hope to get X running on the C180, now that I've got
space to set it up! :-)

BTW, anyone have any feedback on some of the places selling PA-RISC
machines on eBay? Southwest Computer Solutions seems to have a lot of them
at reasonable prices, ditto a few other places, but some seem to have no
idea what these things are and tend to say 'untested-as-is' with a minimum
$200+sh on a C110...

Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Jbit of Plasma]

Hi,
If you change the drivers/video/sti/Makefile to ...
obj-$(CONFIG_STI_CONSOLE) += sticore.o sticon.o ../fbcon-sti.o
and somehow get ../fbcon-sti.o to compile, it works perfect...
Theres proberly a better way to get it compiled and linked in, but this way seems to work (even with the Advanced driver stuff enabled)
BTW: is it possible to get a 712 to display more then 8bpp? If so, is any work being done on it?

--jbit

 



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Re: [parisc-linux] Odd kernel error

[Grant Grundler]

Jbit of Plasma wrote:
> BTW: is it possible to get a 712 to display more then 8bpp?
> If so, is any work being done on it?

I'm pretty sure 712 (Artist) only supports 8bpp.
IIRC, 24 bpp was available on the 715's with HCRX (sp?) cards.

grant