Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.18-rc1

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Helge,

CC Michael

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 8:45 AM Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/4/22 10:16, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, 4 Apr 2022, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> >> v5.18-rc1[1] compared to v5.17[2].
> >>
> >> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/3123109284176b1532874591f7c81f3837bbdc17/ (all 96 configs)
> >> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/f443e374ae131c168a065ea1748feac6b2e76613/ (all 96 configs)
> >>
> >> *** ERRORS ***
> > parisc64-gcc8/generic-64bit_defconfig
> > parisc-gcc8/generic-32bit_defconfig
> > parisc-gcc8/parisc-allmodconfig
> > parisc-gcc8/parisc-allnoconfig
>
> Someone needs to adjust how the parisc kernel is built on kisskb...
>
> The parisc platform got vDSO support, so now the 32- and 64-bit
> hppa compiler needs to be installed when building (for 64-bit).
>
> In addition, it changed how to build a kernel:
>  make ARCH=parisc                         # to build a 32-bit kernel
>  or
>  make ARCH=parisc64                       # to build a 64-bit kernel
> (before ARCH=parisc was sufficient to build either for 32- or 64-bit).
>
> And, in case "CROSS_COMPILE=" is given, you need to give "CROSS32_COMPILE=" as well.
> It's preferred to leave out both CROSS[32]_COMPILE= parameters and let
> the environment detect the compilers automatically. They just need to be in $PATH.
>
> Who can change that on kisskb ?

Michael (CCed).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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