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Re: [Xen-devel] Build failure: In function ptep_get_and_clear: error: co

To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Build failure: In function ptep_get_and_clear: error: conversion to non-scalar type requested
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:03:42 +0000
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We build-test default PAE and x86/64 configurations.

I'll have a fix for this non-PAE build failure in a few minutes.

 -- Keir

On 26/3/08 08:55, "Simon Horman" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In that case, I'm a little confused. What default config file do you
> recommend?
> 
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 08:13:14AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> Ah, we don't build-test non-PAE any more. That's probably the problem here,
>> unless it's a gcc 4.2.x new error (unlikely).
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>> On 26/3/08 07:54, "Simon Horman" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> xen-unstable.hg 488:de57c3f218fb
>>> "xen, x86: Track foreign and I/O mappings with a new pte flag, and do"
>>> seems to cause a build failure on at least x86_64.
>>> 
>>> # make mrproper
>>> # hg checkout de57c3f218fb
>>> # cp buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen0_x86_32 .config
>>> # make
>>> ...
>>>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>>>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>>>   CC      init/main.o
>>> In file included from include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable.h:261,
>>>                  from include/linux/bootmem.h:8,
>>>                  from init/main.c:29:
>>> include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable-2level.h: In function ?ptep_get_and_clear¹:
>>> include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable-2level.h:48: error: conversion to
>>> non-scalar
>>> type requested
>>> In file included from include/linux/bootmem.h:8,
>>>                  from init/main.c:29:
>>> include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable.h: In function ?pte_modify¹:
>>> include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable.h:349: error: conversion to non-scalar type
>>> requested
>>> make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
>>> make: *** [init] Error 2
>>> 
>>> # gcc --version
>>> gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Debian 4.2.3-2)
>>> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
>>> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>> 



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