Re: stuck with 2.6.23.14 on x86_64

[mikem13]

On Feb 12, 8:13 am, Fabio Coatti <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm stuck in a weird situation: I'm unable to go beyond 2.6.23.14, so to fix
> the splice bug I've had to apply by hand the patch. (x86_64)
>
> Basically, with 2.6.24.2 (the same with 2.6.24 and .1), tha machine won't boot
> due to a problem with cciss driver, that prevents to find the / partition.
> (bug described here: Kernel Bug Tracker Bug 9859http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9859);
>
> With kernels 2.6.23, the lastest that I can compile is 2.6.23.14; starting
> from .15 (and .16) I get this message:
>
> ======================
>   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
>   CC      init/version.o
>   LD      init/built-in.o
>   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `acpi_init':
> bus.c:(.init.text+0x1713): undefined reference to `pm_flags'
> bus.c:(.init.text+0x1756): undefined reference to `pm_flags'
> ======================
>
> All .config are the same, (make oldconfig) beside the obvious differences
> between .23 and .24
>
> Hardware: x86_64 AMD 2216HE
> SCSI controller: HP Smart Array E200i Controller
> Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1
> binutils: 2.16.1
>
> On a x86 machine, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz
> with a cciss0: HP Smart Array 6i Controller,
> the 2.6.24.2 compiles just fine and works, so the cciss problems seems related
> only to E200i controller.
>
> Right now, on AMD64 machines, I'm forced to patch by hand the kernel, that's
> quite uncomfortable :)
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction to get out of this situation? Of
> course I can provide any further information. (.config not inlcuded now to
> avoid cluttering  )
>
> Thanks for any answer.
>
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Fabio, Can you please post your boot messages in bug 9859.

Thanks,
mikem
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