Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.5-rc6

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v3.5-rc6 to v3.5-rc5[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +5/-19

5 regressions:
  + error: "usb_speed_string" [drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko] undefined!:  => N/A
  + error: "utf16s_to_utf8s" [drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko] undefined!:  => N/A

i386-randconfig

  + error: No rule to make target
/scratch/kisskb/build/linus_sh-randconfig_sh4/usr/include/linux/kvm_para.h:
 => N/A

sh-randconfig (known issue, the conditional kvm_para.h export that breaks all
"generic-y += kvm_para.h" platforms)

  + error: idt77252.c: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24
against symbol `.__raw_spin_lock_init' defined in .text section in
lib/built-in.o: (.text+0x1ff8c5c) => (.text+0x1ff8518),
(.text+0x1ff84f4), (.text+0x1ff84d4), (.text+0x1ff8548)
  + error: idt77252.c: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24
against symbol `.printk' defined in .text.unlikely section in
kernel/built-in.o:  => (.text+0x1ff94f4), (.text+0x1ff93d8),
(.text+0x1ff9418), (.text+0x1ff94b0), (.text+0x1ff8e18),
(.text+0x1ff8d98)

powerpc-allyesconfig

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/5220/ (all 116 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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