Re: Compile Filure on 2.4.10-ac10+preempt+smp

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 01:34:41AM -0400, Robert Love wrote:
> On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 01:24, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 01:15:25AM -0400, Robert Love wrote:
> > >
> > > Ahh, yes.  Thank you for spotting this.  include/asm-i386/spinlock.h has
> > > two separate defines for spin_unlock and we only renamed one of them.  I
> > > guess you hit the conditional that used the other define...
> > >
> > > The attached patch fixes it.
> > >
> > 
> > Thank you.  Will compile now...
> 
> Let me know, I didn't test :)
> 
> If it works I will merge it...
>

Compilation success.

Will boot and run over the next couple days.

> > > I only keep around patches to the last official kernel, plus the latest
> > > -pre and -ac I patched.  Since the patch itself is being updated, its a
> > > pain to backport to older kernels.
> > >
> > 
> > No, I'm not asking for backport, just links to one version back just in case
> > the latest patch has a bug much like this...
> > 
> > I'd rather run one (working) version back than have to go to UP just to get
> > preempt...  Needless to say, I chose to keep smp.
> 
> OK, then try editing the URL, I scp the patches in and don't ssh in and
> actually clean the stuff up but every here and there.
> 
> ie, change the ac10 to ac9 in the URL.
> 

Yep, thought of that, but didn't try it.  I figured it would be better to
report than to go silent...

Mike