Re: 2.6.21-rc7-mm2 -- x86_64 VDSO compile error

Mel Gorman
2007-04-26T14:31:05Z

On (26/04/07 16:11), Andi Kleen didst pronounce:
> On Thursday 26 April 2007 15:27:36 Mel Gorman wrote:
> > On (26/04/07 13:16), Andy Whitcroft didst pronounce:
> > > Getting the following on an x86_64 numa box:
> > >
> > > CC arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.o
> > > arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c:1: error: code model `small' not
> > > supported in the 32 bit mode
>
> 32bit mode? Something must be confused.
>
> What gcc/binutils is that?

gcc -v
gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)

ld -v
GNU ld version 2.15

>
> Can you post V=1 output for that line please?

make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=arch/x86_64/vdso
gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/x86_64/vdso/.vclock_gettime.o.d -nostdinc -isystem
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux/3.4.4/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -mcmodel=small -fPIC -g0 -O2 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vclock_gettime)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vclock_gettime)" -c -o arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.o arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c:1: error: code model `small' not
supported in the 32 bit mode
make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86_64/vdso] Error 2

>
> It works for me with gcc 4.1 and 3.3
>

Will try the patch.

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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab