Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.11-rc3-V0.7.38-01

Tom Rini
2005-02-07T14:39:09Z

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 10:03:56AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 11:03:47AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > i have released the -V0.7.38-01 Real-Time Preemption patch, which can be
> > > downloaded from the usual place:
> > >
> > > http://redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/
> >
> > I thought I saw you say x64 should be OK now a few releases ago, so:
> > linux-2.6.11-rc3/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c:197: error: `_atomic_dec_and_lock' undeclared here (not in a function)
> > linux-2.6.11-rc3/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c:197: error: initializer element is not constant
> > linux-2.6.11-rc3/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c:197: error: (near initialization for `__ksymtab__atomic_dec_and_lock.value')
> > linux-2.6.11-rc3/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c:197: error: __ksymtab__atomic_dec_and_lock causes a section type conflict
> > make[2]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel] Error 2
> > make: *** [_all] Error 2
>
> please send me your .config - mine builds/boots/works fine.

I don't have it handy anymore, but I just cp'd arch/x86_64/defconfig to
.config, ran oldconfig and turned RT off (PREEMPT_NONE=y) (oops, I did
forget to mention that, didn't I? Sorry).

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Tom Rini