From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from vigor.karmaclothing.net ([217.169.26.28]:28103 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20030966AbYEMEXd (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:33 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4D4NETk029758; Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:14 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m4D4NBVc029738; Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:11 +0100 Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:11 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Dmitri Vorobiev , Theodore Tso , Martin Michlmayr , linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext4dev build failure on mips: "empty_zero_page" undefined Message-ID: <20080513042311.GA22226@linux-mips.org> References: <20080512130604.GA15008@deprecation.cyrius.com> <90edad820805120654n50f7a00cm3c7b4a4f9346d5ea@mail.gmail.com> <20080512143426.GB7029@mit.edu> <20080512145836.GE15866@deprecation.cyrius.com> <90edad820805120814l7ee3f5d3h7f9939854bccf0@mail.gmail.com> <20080512173537.GG7029@mit.edu> <90edad820805121237r7f4b6e16g135df49cfe27499a@mail.gmail.com> <20080513105549.bb1563f8.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20080513114244.736cf625.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080513114244.736cf625.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 19241 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:42:44AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Also, the only compiler version that crosstool seems to know about for > mips is 3.4.5. Is this version ok for building mips kernels? Minimum is 3.2 for building a 32-bit kernel and 3.3 for a 64-bit kernel but I really wouldn't recommend anything older than 3.4. There are crosscompiler rpms on ftp.linux-mips.org in /pub/linux/mips/crossdev for various host / target combinations. They come without libraries so just good enough for building kernels - but that's the only purpose I build them for. Also I don't have access to a powerpc box so no power rpms. Ralf