From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758408Ab3ANTaN (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:30:13 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.19.201]:51015 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755277Ab3ANTaL (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:30:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:29:59 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Rob Landley Cc: Shaun Ruffell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Minimum toolchain requirements? Message-ID: <20130114192959.GB13038@kroah.com> References: <1355523910.18402.9@driftwood> <20121227200933.GC14257@digium.com> <1356665727.31232.15@driftwood> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1356665727.31232.15@driftwood> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 09:35:27PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > On 12/27/2012 02:09:33 PM, Shaun Ruffell wrote: > >Hi Rob, > > > >On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:25:10PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > >> Although the README and Documentation/Changes both say the kernel > >> builds with gcc 3.2, this is no loner the case. In reality the new > >> 3.7 kernel no longer builds under unpatched gcc 4.2.1 (the last > >> GPLv2 release). > >> > >> Building for i686 breaks with > >> "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c:22: error: > >> p6_hw_cache_event_ids causes a section type conflict" (trivial > >> workaround: patch kernel so CONFIG_BROKEN_RODATA defaults to y). > > > >I came across your email while searching for a solution to the above > >build error. > > > >In addition to setting CONFIG_BROKEN_RODATA=y, Jan Beulich sent a > >patch [1] to LKML that also fixes this build problem for me. > > > >[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/23/308 > > > >It doesn't appear to have hit Linus' tree yet though, but with luck > >someone will pick it up before 3.8 final. > > > >Cheers, > >Shaun > > Having it in 3.7.x would be nice too. Copying stable. Please let stable@vger.kernel.org know the git commit id in Linus's tree when it makes it there, and we can take it. Until then, nothing we can do, sorry. greg k-h