Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.1-rc8

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

JFYI, when comparing v4.1-rc8[1] to v4.1-rc7[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +10/-7

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test.c:
error: impossible register constraint in 'asm':  => 34:1
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test.c:
error: impossible register constraint in 'asm':  => 36:1
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-test.c:
error: impossible register constraint in 'asm':  => 36:1
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c:
error: impossible register constraint in 'asm':  => 49:2

i386-randconfig

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c: error:
'cached_to_uncached' undeclared (first use in this function):  =>
99:17
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c: error: implicit
declaration of function 'cpu_context'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 192:2

sh-randconfig

  + error: No rule to make target include/config/auto.conf:  => N/A

arm-randconfig

  + error: aes.c: undefined reference to `.enable_kernel_altivec':  =>
.text+0xc921e0), .text+0xc92394), .text+0xc92460)
  + error: aes_cbc.c: undefined reference to `.enable_kernel_altivec':
 => .text+0xc92598), .text+0xc926f4)

powerpc-randconfig

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9008/ (254 out of 257 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/8978/ (254 out of 257 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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