Re: [BUID_FAILURE] regression from 2.6.24-git18 to 2.6.25-rc1-git1on section type conflict psmouse-base

[Kamalesh Babulal]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:59:29PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:10:02 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> This build failure is seen on the powerpc from the 2.6.24-git18 kernel and is still visible
>>> in the 2.6.25-rc1-git1.
>>>
>>> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a section type conflict
>>> drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:44: error: __param_proto causes a section type conflict
>>> make[3]: *** [drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.o] Error 1
>>> make[2]: *** [drivers/input/mouse] Error 2
>>> make[1]: *** [drivers/input] Error 2
>>>
>>> The patch http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/8/514 seems to have not taken into 2.6.25-rc1 and 
>>> 2.6.25-rc1-git(s). Is there any new patch i am missing out.
>> I have it queued up, along with quite a few other things, but for the next
>> couple of days I have logistical problems which are preventing me from
>> doing runtime testing.
> 
> And this really isn't a regression.
> 
> It seems Kamalesh has upgraded his gcc to 4.2 between trying 
> 2.6.24-git18 and trying 2.6.25-rc1-git1?
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 
Hi Adrian,

I am using the gcc version

gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3)

It has been the same gcc version from 2.6.24-git18 to 2.6.25-rc1-git{1,2).
This build failure is seen from 2.6.24-git18 and is still seen in 2.6.25-rc1-git{1,2}.

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.
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