athlon-xp header issue

athlon-xp header issue

[Jonathan Angliss]

Hey guys,

I'm using a gentoo copy of the 2.4.22 kernel, with various patches
applied to fix various issues, but this issue exists in the 2.4.24
kernel source code that I downloaded from the kernel.org site.

When I set the kernel model to athlon-xp in "menuconfig", it sets
CONFIG_MK7XP=y which is what I'd expect. However the issue comes when
I try to issue "make bzImage", it fails reporting various issues with:

  `CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT' undeclared here (not in a function)

in a number of files. I did a google search for the error, and didn't
find anything helpful, in fact most of the results appeared to be
about nVidia graphics drivers. I'm no coder, but with a little help
from Jason Munro, I managed to track down the cause of the issue. He
pointed me to this email:

  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0309.0/2036.html

This gave me a hint. So I took a look in arch/i386/config.in and
noticed that the check for CONFIG_MK7XP is missing. This results in
the appropriate settings not being set. Is this intentional? Or am I
looking in the wrong area for my problem?

If this email warrants a reply, please CC my address, as I am not a
member of this list.

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
(jon@netdork.net)

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

Re: athlon-xp header issue

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:30:00AM -0600, Jonathan Angliss wrote:

 > This gave me a hint. So I took a look in arch/i386/config.in and
 > noticed that the check for CONFIG_MK7XP is missing. This results in
 > the appropriate settings not being set. Is this intentional? Or am I
 > looking in the wrong area for my problem?

CONFIG_MK7XP is a gentoo specific bogon. Bug them about it.
(For info on why its bogus, search the linux-kernel archives,
 as it comes up every few months.)

		Dave

Re: athlon-xp header issue

[Jonathan Angliss]

Hello Dave,

Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 1:12:17 PM, you wrote:

>> This gave me a hint. So I took a look in arch/i386/config.in and
>> noticed that the check for CONFIG_MK7XP is missing. This results in
>> the appropriate settings not being set. Is this intentional? Or am
>> I looking in the wrong area for my problem?

> CONFIG_MK7XP is a gentoo specific bogon. Bug them about it. (For
> info on why its bogus, search the linux-kernel archives, as it comes
> up every few months.)

Thanks for the response.  I shall jump on them about it.

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
(jon@netdork.net)

Never mind the star, get those camels off my lawn!

Re: athlon-xp header issue

[Brian Jackson]

On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:12 pm, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:30:00AM -0600, Jonathan Angliss wrote:
>  > This gave me a hint. So I took a look in arch/i386/config.in and
>  > noticed that the check for CONFIG_MK7XP is missing. This results in
>  > the appropriate settings not being set. Is this intentional? Or am I
>  > looking in the wrong area for my problem?
>
> CONFIG_MK7XP is a gentoo specific bogon. Bug them about it.
> (For info on why its bogus, search the linux-kernel archives,
>  as it comes up every few months.)

Are you referring to the fact that Gentoo's kernel is a steamy pile, or the 
fact that the extra athlon-xp stuff is pointless?

--Iggy

>
> 		Dave
>

Re: athlon-xp header issue

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 03:14:58PM -0600, Brian Jackson wrote:

 > > CONFIG_MK7XP is a gentoo specific bogon. Bug them about it.
 > > (For info on why its bogus, search the linux-kernel archives,
 > >  as it comes up every few months.)
 > 
 > Are you referring to the fact that Gentoo's kernel is a steamy pile, or the 
 > fact that the extra athlon-xp stuff is pointless?

The former I can't comment on as I've not seen it, but the latter is
certainly true the last time I checked gcc code.

		Dave