Re: [Patch] enable uptime display > 497 days

[Jurriaan on Alpha <thunder7@xs4all.nl>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:57:01PM +0100, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> [new patch further down]
> 
> I extended the patch to use a counter for periodically checking for
> jiffies overflows, so none can go undetected anymore. Still the CPU time
> overhead is minimal as timer are implemented rather efficiently
> 
I tried it, but it wouldn't apply cleanly (something in arch/arm
clashed). That didn't look too worrying, but compilation also failed:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/alpha/math-emu'
ld -static -T arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds -N  arch/alpha/kernel/head.o init/main.o init/version.o \
        --start-group \
        arch/alpha/kernel/kernel.o arch/alpha/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o arch/alpha/math-emu/math-emu.o \
         drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/ide/idedriver.
o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/u
sbdrv.o drivers/md/mddev.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/alpha/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.15pre6/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/alpha/lib/l
ib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
kernel/kernel.o: In function `do_fork':
kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x3168): undefined reference to `get_jiffies64'
kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x316c): undefined reference to `get_jiffies64'
kernel/kernel.o: In function `sys_sysinfo':
kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x9c7c): undefined reference to `get_jiffies64'
kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x9c80): undefined reference to `get_jiffies64'
mm/mm.o: In function `badness':
mm/mm.o(.text+0x148b8): undefined reference to `get_jiffies64'
mm/mm.o(.text+0x148bc): more undefined references to `get_jiffies64' follow
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
alpha:/usr/src/linux#

This is on an Alpha, .config below.

Good luck,
Jurriaan

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-- 
I am the burned out bulb you can not reach
	Darkwing Duck
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