Re: 2.6.5-mm1

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>]

This is the first kernel since 2.6.5-rc2 to have booted without locking 
up on the laptop.
Regards
Sid.

Tom Rini wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 01:33:07PM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote:
>
>  
>
>>CC      arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.o
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c:258: warning: initialization from 
>>incompatible pointer type
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c: In function `setup_arch':
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c:411: error: `saved_command_line' undeclared 
>>(first use in this function)
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c:411: error: (Each undeclared identifier is 
>>reported only once
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c:411: error: for each function it appears in.)
>>make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.o] Error 1
>>make: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel] Error 2
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>>strlcpy(saved_command_line, early_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, something like this is needed, on top of Rusty's early_param patch:
>diff -puN include/linux/init.h~fix-rusty include/linux/init.h
>--- linux-2.6.5-rc3/include/linux/init.h~fix-rusty	2004-04-02 08:30:50.600483739 -0700
>+++ linux-2.6.5-rc3-trini/include/linux/init.h	2004-04-02 08:30:50.604482833 -0700
>@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ extern void setup_arch(void);
> 
> /* Relies on saved_command_line being set */
> void __init parse_early_options(void);
>+extern char saved_command_line[];
> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> 
> /**
>
>Assuming that is, that arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c has #include
><linux/init.h>, which I assume it does.
>
>  
>


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