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From: "Oliver Pitzeier" <o.pitzeier@uptime.at>
Subject: RE: linux-2.6.0-test6 error during linking
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:06:46 +0200
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To: 'Balint Cristian' <rezso@rdsor.ro>, 'Falk Hueffner' <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de>, 'Paolo Dovera' <pdovera@bmind.it>
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> On Sunday 28 September 2003 23:51, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> > Paolo Dovera <pdovera@bmind.it> writes:
> > > Applied patch-2.6.0-test6 I receive the following error:
> > >
> > > kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x5068): In function `copy_process':
> > > : undefined reference to `sched_clock'
> > >
> > > kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x506c): more undefined references to 
> > > `sched_clock' follow
> >
> > sched_clock is not implemented yet for Alpha. It is 
> supposed to return 
> > a high resolution timer. As workaround, you could just copy the 
> > implementation from ARM, which simply returns the value based on 
> > jiffies.  Ideally, one would take into account the cycle 
> counter, but 
> > it wraps every few seconds, which has to be taken care of.
> 
> Can post here a patch based on arm ?
> 
> I am courious to see it !
> 
> Eventualy post it on linux kernel list or to Richard Henderson ?
> 
> Thx a lot !

Please take a look at the LKML. I had the same problem with -test6 and viro
already posted a workaround!

Best,
 Oliver