Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.7-rc4

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:24 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v5.7-rc4[1] to v5.7-rc3[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +3/-123

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/0e698dfa282211e414076f9dc7e83c1c288314fd/ (all 239 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/6a8b55ed4056ea5559ebe4f6a4b247f627870d4c/ (all 239 configs)

It's back:

  + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/calcs/dcn_calcs.c:
error: implicit declaration of function 'cpu_has_feature'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 626:2
  + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/calcs/dcn_calcs.c:
error: implicit declaration of function 'disable_kernel_vsx'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 662:2
  + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/calcs/dcn_calcs.c:
error: implicit declaration of function 'enable_kernel_vsx'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 626:2

powerpc-gcc4.6/ppc64_book3e_allmodconfig

powerpc-gcc9/ppc64_book3e_allmodconfig builds fine, as it doesn't have
DRM_AMD_DC_DCN, enabled due to:

    select DRM_AMD_DC_DCN if (X86 || PPC64) && !(KCOV_INSTRUMENT_ALL
&& KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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