Re: asm-{alpha,h8300,um,v850,xtensa}/param.h: unbreak HZ for userspace

maximilian attems
2008-05-14T12:34:53Z

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 08:12:42AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 May 2008, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:05:31PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > > could we please get an ack or nack on that patch.
> > > checked linux-next and it doesn't appear there.
> > > without it currently perl 5.10 doesn't build on alpha:
> > > perl.c: In function 'perl_construct':
> > > perl.c:388: error: 'CONFIG_HZ' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > ->
> > > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=perl;ver=5.10.0-10;arch=alpha;stam
> > >p=1210252894
> >
> > hmm it seems more userspace expects CONFIG_HZ, so it's not only a perl
> > build breakage..
>
> anything using CONFIG_HZ is absolutely broken. go fix the package.
>
> anything using HZ should be converted to sysconf(), but i'm not about to go on
> that crusade to fix things up

news at 11

okay great that the patch went into mm.

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maks