Re: PROBLEM: Compile failure when 'Preemptible Kernel' is disabledin 2.6.0-test11.

[Arjan van Staalduijnen]

Marco Roeland wrote:
> > [1.] Compile failure when 'Preemptible Kernel' is disabled.
> It has nothing to do with 'preemptible'!
Correct, but switching that option was just the way for me to trigger or 
'untrigger' this problem.

> This is a known compiler bug for RedHat's gcc 2.96 version. It has
> difficulty casting 'unsigned long long's! Try this, it applies against
> 2.6.0-test8 and later.
=== patch snipped ===
Applying the patch indeed solved this compile failure. I can now turn 
off the Preemtible kernel feature while still being able to compile the 
code.

Thanks,

Arjan

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