2.2.9ac1 - compilation error

Alexander L. Belikoff (abel@bfr.co.il)
02 Jun 1999 19:52:26 +0300


Just tried to compile 2.2.9ac1 on an Alpha dp264 w/ SMP:

make -C arch/alpha/kernel
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.9-ac1/arch/alpha/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.9-ac1/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -mcpu=ev56 -Wa,-mev6 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c alpha_ksyms.c
alpha_ksyms.c:173: `spin_lock' undeclared here (not in a function)
alpha_ksyms.c:173: initializer element for `__ksymtab_spin_lock.value' is not constant
make[1]: *** [alpha_ksyms.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.9-ac1/arch/alpha/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2

Does it mean, the spin_lock symbol is obsolete?..

Here is the config file:

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_DP264=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_EV6=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_TSUNAMI=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_SRM=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=32
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_MATHEMU=y

-- 
Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
abel@vallinor4.com, abel@bfr.co.il

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