From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:33819 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751052AbZBQGG7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:06:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:08:50 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: timing problem with building bounds.h? Message-ID: <20090217060850.GA21538@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <4999FEFF.8090907@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4999FEFF.8090907@xenotime.net> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 04:04:15PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > 2 times today I had problems with kernel builds using > O= and -j4 and include/linux/bounds.h being incomplete. > (using 2.6.29-rc5) > > > bounds.h was like this: > > #ifndef __LINUX_BOUNDS_H__ > #define __LINUX_BOUNDS_H__ > /* > * DO NOT MODIFY. > * > * This file was generated by Kbuild > * > */ > /// blank line here was the end of the file; > > > > Is there something in top-level Kbuild or Makefile that > would explain this? Not that I know of... If you can reproduce it could you try: 1) What is the content of kernel/bounds.s 2) The output when building the kernel [Even without V=1 this may give a clue where it goes wrong] Was this with O=... build btw? Sam