Bug 8964

Summary:	__param_proto causes a section type conflict with gcc-4.2 (only on alpha/ia64)
Product:	Other	Reporter:	Christian Heim (phreak)
Component:	Other	Assignee:	other_other
Status:	RESOLVED CODE_FIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel, sam
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	any	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:
Attachments:	kconfig for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (alpha) compile log for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (alpha) kconfig for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (ia64) compile log for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (ia64)

Description Christian Heim 2007-09-01 05:17:17 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: none known.
Tested kernels: 2.6.20-2.6.23-rc5
Distribution: Gentoo
Hardware Environment: ia64, alpha
Software Environment: 

alpha:
Linux monolith 2.6.21.6 #1 SMP Wed Jul 11 20:01:28 CEST 2007 alpha EV68AL Tsunami GNU/Linux
 
Gnu C                  4.2.0
Gnu make               3.81
binutils               Binutils
util-linux             2.12r
mount                  2.12r
module-init-tools      3.2.2
e2fsprogs              1.40.2
Linux C Library        6.1
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.6.1
Procps                 3.2.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.13
Sh-utils               6.9
udev                   114
Modules Loaded         ide_cd cdrom generic ohci_hcd usbcore alim15x3 ide_core sg

ia64:

Linux i2 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 1 14:36:43 UTC 2007 ia64 31 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
 
Gnu C                  4.2.0
Gnu make               3.81
binutils               2.17
util-linux             2.12r
mount                  2.12r
module-init-tools      3.2.2
e2fsprogs              1.39
Linux C Library        2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.5
Procps                 3.2.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.12
Sh-utils               6.9
udev                   104
Modules Loaded         tg3

Problem Description:

When compiling the kernel with gcc-4.2.0 on alpha/ia64, the compilation will fail due to __param_proto causing a section type conflict.

Comment 1 Christian Heim 2007-09-01 05:17:57 UTC

Created attachment 12653 [details]
kconfig for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (alpha)

Comment 2 Christian Heim 2007-09-01 05:18:24 UTC

Created attachment 12654 [details]
compile log for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (alpha)

Comment 3 Christian Heim 2007-09-01 05:18:44 UTC

Created attachment 12655 [details]
kconfig for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (ia64)

Comment 4 Christian Heim 2007-09-01 05:19:08 UTC

Created attachment 12656 [details]
compile log for Linux 2.6.23-rc4 (ia64)

Comment 5 Daniel Drake 2007-09-01 06:30:09 UTC

Original bug report is at https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=187175

Comment 6 Andrew Morton 2008-02-08 14:45:09 UTC

Merged moduleparam-fix-alpha-ia64-and-ppc64-compile-failures.patch into -mm.