2.6.21-rc2-mm2 fails does not compile

From: Marc Dietrich
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 06:54:50 EST



Hi,

the fix "revert-optimize-and-simplify-get_cycles_sync" breaks the build:

CC arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s
In file included from include/asm/timex.h:10,
from include/linux/timex.h:187,
from include/linux/sched.h:50,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from include/asm/elf.h:12,
from include/linux/elf.h:7,
from include/linux/module.h:15,
from include/linux/crypto.h:21,
from arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c:7:
include/asm/tsc.h: In function âget_cycles_syncâ:
include/asm/tsc.h:45: warning: implicit declaration of
function âalternative_ioâ
include/asm/tsc.h:46: error: called object â"=a"â is not a function
include/asm/tsc.h:46: error: called object â"0"â is not a function
include/asm/tsc.h:46: error: expected â)â before â:â token
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2


seems that alternative_io is only defined in the x86_64 case ...

what's the fix for the fix ?

Marc


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