Re: Linux Next cannot build on Ubuntu 1604 and 1804

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:09 AM Srikanth Myakam <smyakam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We have a pipeline to build Linux-next daily on Ubuntu 1604 and the compilation is failing at building "drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c" starting from Sept 15th.
>
> The error text:
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:120:16: error: initializer element is not constant
>   EDID_QUIRK("ACR", 44358, EDID_QUIRK_PREFER_LARGE_60),
>                 ^
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:120:16: note: (near initialization for 'edid_quirk_list[0].panel_id')
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:122:16: error: initializer element is not constant
>   EDID_QUIRK("API", 0x7602, EDID_QUIRK_PREFER_LARGE_60),
>                 ^
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:122:16: note: (near initialization for 'edid_quirk_list[1].panel_id')
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:125:16: error: initializer element is not constant
>   EDID_QUIRK("AEO", 0, EDID_QUIRK_FORCE_6BPC),
>                 ^
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:125:16: note: (near initialization for 'edid_quirk_list[2].panel_id')
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:128:16: error: initializer element is not constant
>   EDID_QUIRK("BOE", 0x78b, EDID_QUIRK_FORCE_6BPC),
> ....
> The issue is observed on below environments:
> 1. Ubuntu1604, glibc version 2.23-0ubuntu11.3
> 2. Ubuntu1804, glibc version 2.27-3ubuntu1.2
>
> Seems like it was introduced by patch https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/453876/

Yup. Let's move the discussion to the response to the cover letter of my patch.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAD=FV=XEb-jx81inK8hGvdJeRqTLmmBKz7U-m+9=CHbNRSa16g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

-Doug