Re: linux-next: Tree for Feb 17 (mips build failures)

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Guenter,

[Add Ralf to cc]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:20:36 -0800 Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Build results:
> 	total: 121 pass: 109 fail: 12
> Failed builds:
> 	mips:defconfig
> 	mips:allmodconfig
> 	mips:bcm47xx_defconfig
> 	mips:bcm63xx_defconfig
> 	mips:nlm_xlp_defconfig
> 	mips:ath79_defconfig
> 	mips:ar7_defconfig
> 	mips:fuloong2e_defconfig
> 	mips:e55_defconfig
> 	mips:cavium_octeon_defconfig
> 	mips:malta_defconfig
> 	sparc64:allmodconfig
> 
> mips builds are all failing with
> 
> Building mips:defconfig ... failed
> --------------
> Error log:
> arch/mips/kernel/genex.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/mips/kernel/genex.S:128: Error: Bad value (mips64r6) for internal use
> arch/mips/kernel/genex.S:128: Error: unknown ISA level 64r6
> 
> This was introduced by commit 0bf705e94771800 ("MIPS: kernel: genex: Set
> correct ISA level") which apparently assumes that only mips64r6 is a valid
> ISA level, though it is obviously not supported on older compilers. This
> is on top of the other mips r6 related build errors seen yesterday.
> 
> I really hope that this is not 3.20 material, given the lack of testing
> with architectures other than mips r6 or with older compilers.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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