On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:48:29PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:59:08PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> The 2.6.25-rc3 kernel build fails on powerpc with allyesconfig config option, > >> the .config has been attached. > >> ... > > > > Builds fine here. > > > > Local problem (e.g. disk full) on your machine? > > > > cu > > Adrian > > > Hi Adrain, Hi Kamalseh, ;) > It Builds fine on another powerpc box with the same .config file, the problem seems to be with the gcc > on that box, the reported build failure might have been the side effect of the same. > > > drivers/md/raid6int8.c: In function `raid6_int8_gen_syndrome': > drivers/md/raid6int8.c:185: error: unable to find a register to spill in class `FLOAT_REGS' > drivers/md/raid6int8.c:185: error: this is the insn: > (insn:HI 619 799 638 4 drivers/md/raid6int8.c:168 (set (mem:DI (plus:DI (reg/v/f:DI 122 [ p ]) > (reg/v:DI 66 ctr [orig:124 d ] [124])) [0 S8 A64]) > (reg/v:DI 129 [ wp0 ])) 320 {*movdi_internal64} (nil) > (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/v:DI 129 [ wp0 ]) > (nil))) > drivers/md/raid6int8.c:185: confused by earlier errors, bailing out > make[2]: *** [drivers/md/raid6int8.o] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [drivers/md] Error 2 > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > # gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3) this means your quite old vendor gcc has a bug. > Thanks & Regards, > Kamalesh Babulal, cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html