[OpenBIOS] OpenBIOS fails to build on sparc32/64 hosts

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Aurelien Jarno wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Trying to build OpenBIOS natively on sparc32 or sparc64 host, I get the following error:
> 
> LINK  openbios-unix
> libopenbios.a(load.o): In function `load':
> /home/aurel32/openbios-devel/obj-sparc32/../libopenbios/load.c:41: undefined reference to `sys_info'
> /home/aurel32/openbios-devel/obj-sparc32/../libopenbios/load.c:41: undefined reference to `sys_info'
> 
> It seems only sparc32/64 have CONFIG_LOADER_AOUT. The sys_info variable is defined in 
> arch/sparc{32,64}/boot.c, but this file is not used to build openbios-unix. Any new what would be 
> a real fix here, besides disabling CONFIG_LOADER_AOUT?
> 
> Thanks,
> Aurelien

Hmmm. What's strange is that I would expect x86 to fail in the same way, 
and it builds fine on my native x86 host here. I'd start by having a 
quick look there and comparing the differences.


HTH,

Mark.

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