[gentoo-alpha] kernel version and binutils issues

[gentoo-alpha] kernel version and binutils issues

[Davide Cittaro]

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Hi again, since 2.4 has been deprecated, which is the latest 2.6.x  
kernel with full support for SMP on alpha (titan)? Also, is written  
that gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources should work well the same, so I  
wonder which one I should try first.

Also, while I was trying the stage 1 installation I've went through an  
error emerging binutils:

/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
trad-core.c: In function 'trad_unix_core_file_p':
/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
trad-core.c:122: error: 'PAGE_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this  
function)
/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
trad-core.c:122: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only  
once
/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
trad-core.c:122: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[4]: *** [trad-core.lo] Error 1

I've found this:

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2007-10/msg00003.html

that is a patch for glibc-2.4 but also works on 2.5

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Re: [gentoo-alpha] kernel version and binutils issues

[Jose Luis Rivero]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:17:17PM +0100, Davide Cittaro wrote:
> Hi again, since 2.4 has been deprecated, which is the latest 2.6.x kernel 
> with full support for SMP on alpha (titan)? 

SMP alpha problems were fixed long ago (~2006) so latest stable should work
just fine.

> Also, is written that 
> gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources should work well the same, so I wonder 
> which one I should try first.

Whatever you prefer. We recommend gentoo-sources which recieve full
support from the Gentoo Kernel Team.

>
> Also, while I was trying the stage 1 installation I've went through an 
> error emerging binutils:

Stage 1 and Stage 2 installations stop recieving support quite a long
time ago, so please, go for a stage3 one.

>
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c: 
> In function 'trad_unix_core_file_p':
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: 'PAGE_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this function)
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: for each function it appears in.)
> make[4]: *** [trad-core.lo] Error 1
>

This is a known problem. Please try a stage3 clean install and if it
fails, create a bug report and I will check it.

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Re: [gentoo-alpha] kernel version and binutils issues

[Davide Cittaro]

On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Jose Luis Rivero wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:17:17PM +0100, Davide Cittaro wrote:
>> Hi again, since 2.4 has been deprecated, which is the latest 2.6.x  
>> kernel
>> with full support for SMP on alpha (titan)?
>
> SMP alpha problems were fixed long ago (~2006) so latest stable  
> should work
> just fine.
>

I'm glad to read this... I hope that tomorrow kernel building will go  
fine :-)

>>
>> Also, while I was trying the stage 1 installation I've went through  
>> an
>> error emerging binutils:
>
> Stage 1 and Stage 2 installations stop recieving support quite a long
> time ago, so please, go for a stage3 one.
>

Ouch! Is that the reason why gentoo handbook jumps from unpacking  
stage to kernel configuration? Why stage1 and stage2 tarballs are  
still on mirror?

>>
>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
>> trad-core.c:
>> In function 'trad_unix_core_file_p':
>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
>> trad-core.c:122:
>> error: 'PAGE_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this function)
>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
>> trad-core.c:122:
>> error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/ 
>> trad-core.c:122:
>> error: for each function it appears in.)
>> make[4]: *** [trad-core.lo] Error 1
>>
>
> This is a known problem. Please try a stage3 clean install and if it
> fails, create a bug report and I will check it.
>

Great. I have to do this, even because I've just discovered that  
stage2 has been blocked on coreutils building...

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Davide Cittaro
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Re: [gentoo-alpha] kernel version and binutils issues

[Davide Cittaro]

On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Jose Luis Rivero wrote:

> Whatever you prefer. We recommend gentoo-sources which recieve full
> support from the Gentoo Kernel Team.


Here we are:

   CC      arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.o
   CC      arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c: In function ‘titan_late_init’:
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:281: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:283: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:285: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:287: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:289: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c: In function ‘privateer_init_pci’:
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:348: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c:350: warning: ignoring return value of  
‘request_irq’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2

I'm not sure if removing -Werror from compilation flags would be a  
good idea... any hint (this is gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r10)

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Davide Cittaro
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