Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm2

[Jan Dittmer <j.dittmer@portrix.net>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> create-a-kstrdup-library-function.patch
>   create a kstrdup library function
> 
> create-a-kstrdup-library-function-fixes.patch
>   create-a-kstrdup-library-function-fixes

ppc defconfig build is broken due to this

make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux- O=/usr/src/ctest/mm/out/ppc
  CC      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/dummy.o
  GEN     arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/image.o
  AS      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/coffcrt0.o
  CC      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/start.o
  AS      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/misc.o
  CC      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/common.o
  CC      arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/coffmain.o
  COFF    arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/coffboot
lib/lib.a(string.o)(.text+0x5cc): In function `kstrdup':
: undefined reference to `__kmalloc'
  COFF    arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff
powerpc-linux-objcopy: 'arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/coffboot': No such file
make[3]: *** [arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff] Error 1
make[2]: *** [openfirmware] Error 2
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 2
make: *** [_all] Error 2

See http://l4x.org/k/?d=3218

Jan