Re: 2.6.27-git7 compile error (ppc)

Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-10-24T22:49:29Z

On Friday, 17 of October 2008, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 10:47 -0700, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I get this following compile error on my ppc box.
> >>
> >> Let me know if its a known issue. Otherwise, I can figure out
> >> whats happening.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Badari
> >
> > This is due to recent changes to move phys_add_t definition from
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h to include/linux/types.h.
> >
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h needs phys_addr_t for
> > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE. Needs fixing..
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Badari
> >
> >>
> >> CC arch/powerpc/mm/slb.o
> >> In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/
> >> asm/mmu-hash64.h:16,
> >> from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/
> >> mmu.h:7,
> >> from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/
> >> pgtable.h:7,
> >> from arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c:19:
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:76: error:
> >> parse error before "memstart_addr"
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:76: warning:
> >> type defaults to `int' in declaration of `memstart_addr'
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:76: warning:
> >> data definition has no type or storage class
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:77: error:
> >> parse error before "kernstart_addr"
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:77: warning:
> >> type defaults to `int' in declaration of `kernstart_addr'
> >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:77: warning:
> >> data definition has no type or storage class
> >> AS arch/powerpc/lib/string.o
> >> CC arch/powerpc/lib/alloc.o
> >> CALL arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl_chk.sh
> >> CC arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.o
> >> make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/mm/slb.o] Error 1
> >> make: *** [arch/powerpc/mm] Error 2
> >> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
> I've got a patch that seems to address this for me building w/
> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE on ppc32/85xx.

Has that been fixed in 2.6.27 and/or current mainline?

Rafael