>From early April. Do we want to tackle this? MH, what about GFP_ATOMIC? Mark D. Studebaker wrote: > thanks, we'll try to incorporate these mds > > Bob McElrath wrote: > >> I am attempting to get the sensors package to compile on alpha (kernel >> 2.4.21-pre7), and it does not do so cleanly. I am using the >> lm-sensors-source package which is included in debian. It has a version >> 2.6.5 from 20020915. (If the bugs I mention below have been fixed in a >> newer version then please disregard this mail) >> >> First, the file kernel/busses/i2c-sis645.c must include the header >> <linux/mm.h> in order to get the symbol GFP_ATOMIC. >> >> Second, the Makefile should grab the necessary CFLAGS for modules from >> the linux/arch/$(arch)/Makefile. This can be done with a little >> makefile code like this: >> LINUX_SOURCE := /usr/src/linux >> ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ >> -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/) >> include $(LINUX_SOURCE)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile >> This will of course set CFLAGS so maybe save it and put it in MODCFLAGS >> for your makefile. In particular on alpha the compile bombs with: >> /tmp/ccEu5TN5.s: Assembler messages: >> /tmp/ccEu5TN5.s:73: Error: macro requires $at register while noat >> in effect >> unless the compiler flag -mcpu=ev67 is included. (or whatever CPU the >> user has) >> >> Cheers, >> Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics] >> >> "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not >> the >> freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman >> >
