On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 07:41:07AM -0500, Robert Reif wrote: > Sam Ravnborg wrote: > >On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 09:01:52PM -0500, Robert Reif wrote: > > > >>Current sparc next fails to boot (hangs at Booting Linux...). > >> > >>I bisected it down to this: > >> > >>21cb8a43216e0595b466e903e0f2a7ae615d9e11 is first bad commit > >>commit 21cb8a43216e0595b466e903e0f2a7ae615d9e11 > >>Author: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Date: Sat Nov 29 21:52:12 2008 -0800 > >> > >> sparc: refactor Makefile > >> > >> The btfixup step needs knowledge of all the .o files, > >> but there is no need to pass them in independent variables. > >> Simplify it to use only two variables. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >>:040000 040000 d5815835afa54122531d5bc8060f3831b145a1a4 > >>c8aad1a3c22a8243c5dd0ab2c528198d7d23af3c M arch > >> > > > >Hi Robert. > > > >Can you try to add the following patch on top of > >the " sparc: refactor Makefile" patch. > > > >This was the only difference I could see in my > >limited testing here. > > > > Sam > > > >diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile > >index 04ea968..da82ba6 100644 > >--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile > >+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile > >@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS > > kallsyms.o := .tmp_kallsyms2.o > > endif > > > >+export kallsyms.o > >+ > > # Default target > > all: zImage > > > > > > > I hand applied it to yesterdays sparc-next and it seems to have fixed it. > > I'll do some more testing tonight when I have the time. Thanks. I do not see why it cured the boot but I know how to fix it. I will try to find time tonight to look at it. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
