[LV] The kernel build process & tools any changes .

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Sun, 2007-03-18 15:19:44 -0700, Mr. James W. Laferriere <babydr at baby-dragons.com> wrote:
> > /*
> >   * In the DEBUG case we are using the "NULL fastpath" for mutexes,
> >   * which forces all calls into the slowpath:
> >   */
> > #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
> > # include "mutex-debug.h"
> > # include <asm-generic/mutex-null.h>
> > #else
> > # include "mutex.h"
> > # include <asm/mutex.h>
> > #endif
> >
> > /***
> > ...(*/)
> 
>  	I stand corrected my i386 linux-tree does have a link such as :
> 
>   root at filesrv1:~ # dir /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.3/include/
> total 184
>   4 drwxrwxrwx   41 root root  4096 2006-11-18 22:58 ./
>   4 drwxrwxrwx   20 root root  4096 2007-01-05 20:01 ../
>   4 -rw-rw-rw-    1 root root   161 2006-11-18 19:28 Kbuild
>   4 drwxrwxrwx    3 root root  4096 2006-11-18 19:28 acpi/
>   0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root     8 2006-11-18 22:58 asm -> asm-i386/
> 
>  	This brings up the lack of a mutex.[ch] and that for some reason we 
> don't create the above link into our 'include/vax-asm' ,  which s/b auto-magic 
> as far as we are concerned .  But undoubtedly soem place else needs patching .

We do! The link should be there. If it isn't, the whole compilation
run will be busted :)  It would, eg. try to build some of the i386
assembler stuff with a VAX compiler/assembler, which won't work.

MfG, JBG

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      Jan-Benedict Glaw      jbglaw at lug-owl.de              +49-172-7608481
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