Bug 13177
| Summary: | 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem | ||
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| Product: | Drivers | Reporter: | Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw) |
| Component: | USB | Assignee: | Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg) |
| Status: | CLOSED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | bugzilla.kernel.org |
| Priority: | P1 | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Kernel Version: | 2.6.30-rc2-git7 | Subsystem: | |
| Regression: | Yes | Bisected commit-id: | |
| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 13070 | ||
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Description
Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-04-25 19:46:38 UTC
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/56 On Monday 18 May 2009, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> > To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> > Cc: Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org>; Martin Knoblauch
> <spamtrap@knobisoft.de>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:20:40 PM
> > Subject: [Bug #13177] 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem
> >
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> >
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.29. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13177
> > Subject : 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem
> > Submitter : Martin Knoblauch
> > Date : 2009-04-21 13:39 (26 days old)
> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124032163602132&w=4
> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/56
>
> Still a problem in 2.6.30-rc6-git3. Adding maintainer
>
> BUILD arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> Root device is (104, 3)
> Setup is 12664 bytes (padded to 12800 bytes).
> System is 2648 kB
> CRC 91a1a400
> Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#2)
> Building modules, stage 2.
> MODPOST 471 modules
> WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.o(.text+0x1313e): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function intel_lvds_init() to the variable
> .init.data:intel_no_lvds
> The function intel_lvds_init() references
> the variable __initdata intel_no_lvds.
> This is often because intel_lvds_init lacks a __initdata
> annotation or the annotation of intel_no_lvds is wrong.
>
> ERROR: ".L192" [drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.ko] undefined!
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
On Friday 22 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13177
> > Subject : 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem
> > Submitter : Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@knobisoft.de>
> > Date : 2009-04-21 13:39 (26 days old)
> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124032163602132&w=4
> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/56
>
> This one really looks like a compiler bug (the undefined symbol is an
> internal gcc one: ".L192"). And the driver that gets it (kl5kusb105) has
> not actually had any changes since 2.6.29 - although header files that it
> includes obviously do have some, so it's entirely possible that some
> infrastructure change causes it to trigger.
>
> Martin hit another bug with his compiler (an ICE in gcc, fixed by commit
> 26a9a418237c0b06528941bca693c49c8d97edbe), which is why I'm so willing to
> blame that.
so are we just giving up on support for widely-used compilers that are out in the wild? i hit this with: === [beej@dell ~]$ more /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 4.3 (Final) [beej@dell ~]$ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2) Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. === though the obvious workaround of unsetting USB_SERIAL_KLSI in .config exists, the myriad users of this compiler used to be able to compile a kernel.org kernel without jumping through hoops :( |