Re: mm snapshot broken-out-2007-11-20-01-45.tar.gz uploaded

[Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi Andrew,

The kernel build fails, on the AMD machine with following message

arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c: In function ‘load_aout_binary’:
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_MAGIC’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: ‘ZMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: for each function it appears in.)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:283: error: ‘OMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:284: error: ‘QMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:284: error: ‘NMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:285: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TRSIZE’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:285: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_DRSIZE’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_SYMSIZE’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:287: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TXTOFF’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:300: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:300: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:317: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:318: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_TXTADDR’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:319: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:320: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_DATADDR’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:321: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:322: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_BSSADDR’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:337: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:337: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:350: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:350: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:380: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:380: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:383: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:384: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:384: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:392: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:405: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:409: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:434: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c: In function ‘load_aout_library’:
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:466: error: ‘ZMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:466: error: ‘QMAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:467: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:469: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:469: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:473: error: implicit declaration of function ‘N_FLAGS’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:479: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_entry’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:495: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:499: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:499: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:509: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:509: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:518: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:518: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_text’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_data’
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c:519: error: ‘struct exec’ has no member named ‘a_bss’
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86/ia32] Error 2

The patch aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout.patch,
creates a struct exec in linux/a.out.h and asm/a.out.h already has it, for the struct
related warnings.

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.