Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3 (ACPI build problem)

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:53:02PM +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm3/
> Fails to compile with
> !CONFIG_ACPI && CONFIG_SMP.
> CONFIG_SMP sets CONFIG_X86_HT,
> which sets CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT,
> but that fails without CONFIG_ACPI:
> 
>  CC      arch/i386/kernel/setup.o
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:96: error: syntax error before ???acpi_sci_flags???
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:96: warning: type defaults to ???int??? in 
> declaration of ???acpi_sci_flags???
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:96: warning: data definition has no type or 
> storage class
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: In function ???parse_cmdline_early???:
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:811: error: request for member ???trigger??? in 
> something not a structure or union
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:814: error: request for member ???trigger??? in 
> something not a structure or union
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:817: error: request for member ???polarity??? in 
> something not a structure or union
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:820: error: request for member ???polarity??? in 
> something not a structure or union

Known bug.

Workaround:
Enable CONFIG_ACPI.

cu
Adrian

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