Re: [Bug #11355] Regression in 2.6.27-rc2 when cross-building the kernel

David Woodhouse
2008-09-01T17:37:47Z

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 11:51 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 23:34 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >> On Saturday, 23 of August 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> >>> of recent regressions.
> >>>
> >>> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> >>> from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> >>> (either way).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11355
> >>> Subject : Regression in 2.6.27-rc2 when cross-building the kernel
> >>> Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
> >>> Date : 2008-08-16 2:38 (8 days old)
> >>> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121885432118368&w=4
> >> As I wrote in the Bugzilla, I'm seeing a related problem.
> >>
> >> Namely, I build kernels on one box, with 'make O=<target>', then I mount
> >> <target> on another one over NFS, 'cd' to it and try to install the kernel
> >> modules with 'make modules_install'. This results in 'HOSTCC firmware/ihex2fw'
> >> and 'fatal error: ...: Read-only file system'. It's readily reproducible.
> >>
> >> Commenting out line 1130 of Makefile
> >> ("$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.fwinst obj=firmware __fw_modinst")
> >> obviously helps, so it looks like Makefile.fwinst needs fixing.
> >
> > I don't like this much, but it should do the trick... please confirm.
>
> Yes, the patch fixes the problem. Thanks.

Ok, I have a small handful of fixes to send to Linus for 2.6.27; Unless
Sam (or someone else) comes up with a better answer, I'll make sure that
goes with them.

Thanks.

--
dwmw2