Re: [uml-devel] User Mode Linux still doesn't build in 2.6.23-final.

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Oct 24 2007 - 12:13:27 EST


Hi Jeff.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:22:40AM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 05:54:46PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > Guess what? I still need this patch to build the final 2.6.23, months later.
> >
> > I know it may not be the right fix, but the build breaks for me without this
> > patch. The .config that breaks is attached. ARCH=um.
>
> Can I get a Signed-off-by: on that?
>
> It's not the right fix - the base of the problem is in swap.h, which
> has this comment:
> /* only sparc can not include linux/pagemap.h in this file
> * so leave page_cache_release and release_pages undeclared... */
>
> I poked around a bit for a sparc cross-toolchain, didn't find one, so
> I couldn't see what exactly the problem was.
>
> So, I'll take this fix.

Dan Kegel's crosstool builds sparc just fine.
And for sparc issues I recommend cc:ing the sparc ML.

[Original mail (with patch) is here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/11/288]

Sam
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