Re: mips BCM47XX compile error

Aurelien Jarno
2008-05-25T11:37:07Z

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:53:46AM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Monday 21 April 2008 09:28:51 Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:49:42AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > Michael Buesch a écrit :
> > > > On Sunday 20 April 2008 12:03:47 Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > >> Commit aab547ce0d1493d400b6468c521a0137cd8c1edf
> > > >> (ssb: Add Gigabit Ethernet driver) causes the following
> > > >> build error with bcm47xx_defconfig:
> > > >>
> > > >> <-- snip -->
> > > >>
> > > >> ...
> > > >> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> > > >> arch/mips/pci/built-in.o: In function `pcibios_enable_device':
> > > >> (.text+0x1f8): undefined reference to `pcibios_plat_dev_init'
> > > >> arch/mips/pci/built-in.o: In function `pcibios_enable_device':
> > > >> (.text+0x1f8): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `pcibios_plat_dev_init'
> > > >> arch/mips/pci/built-in.o: In function `pcibios_init':
> > > >> pci.c:(.init.text+0x14c): undefined reference to `pcibios_map_irq'
> > > >> pci.c:(.init.text+0x158): undefined reference to `pcibios_map_irq'
> > > >> make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> > > >
> > > > Some parts of the new 47xx arch code are not ported, yet.
> > >
> > > It would have been nice at least to warn before breaking a platform.
> > >
> > > > Somebody should port all the new code from openwrt SVN over to mainline.
> > > > I don't really have time for that, at the moment, though.
> > >
> > > I gave a quick look at openwrt SVN, and only find 2.6.23 patches. I
> > > can't find a possible fix among them. Do you have a better pointer?
> > >
> >
> > I have finally found it, the code was not in a form of a patch, but in
> > form of a C code file.
> >
> > I am working on a fix.
> >
>
> What is the status of the fix?
> We have a bugzilla entry
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10493
> So if it's not ready, yet, I will have to fix it by myself.
>

A patch [1] has been sent 1 month ago, it waits with the other BCM47xx
patches.

Aurelien

[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120876451216558&w=2

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