Re: PowerPC build fail
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2017-02-27 10:38:15
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2017-02-27 10:38:15
Hi Tobin, "Tobin C. Harding" [off-list ref] writes:
The current (2bfe01e) torvalds git tree fails to build on powerpc64. Buil=
d machine
is virtualized. - Build error arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c: In function =E2=80=98running_clock=E2=80=99: arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c:712:25: error: implicit declaration of functio=
n =E2=80=98cputime_to_nsecs=E2=80=99
return local_clock() - cputime_to_nsecs(kcpustat_this_cpu->cpustat[CPU=
TIME_STEAL]);
^
...
If you think this can be fixed with the *little* kernel dev knowledge I have please point me at a starting place and I will dig into it.
Thanks for trying to fix it. You got unlucky and pulled Linus' tree just after a cleanup series was merged, but before all the bugs had been shaken out. cheers