Re: Status of 'cris' architecture support in Linux kernel

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 09/16/2014 12:23 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Günther,
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>>> ./scripts/Makefile.headersinst:14: arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/arch-v10/Kbuild:
>>>>      No such file or directory
>>>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/arch-v10/Kbuild'.  Stop.
>>>
>>> Yes, known error, I believe that Sam Ravnborg's patch will correct this.
>>>
>> Is that patch available in public ? Sam's response seems to suggest that he
>> sent it to Michael (Mikael ?) who wanted to handle it, but I don't find a
>> matching patch in public archives.
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/14/424
>
Must be blind. Looked at the series for a long time but didn't see it.

>>> On a tangential note, my automatic (minimal) builds does not do
>>> make install, so I haven't seen this error. :-P
>>>
>> Mine not either ;-). I only found it because I tried to build an initramfs
>> which needs installed headers.
>
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/11881673/
>
> We need an Auto-Builder Consolidation Project ;-)
>

More likely we need someone to actually look at build results. Like all the -next
builds that are currently failing, and I bet those responsible are not even aware
of it. Any ideas ?

Guenter