[OpenBIOS] OpenBIOS fails to build on sparc32/64 hosts
Aurelien Jarno
aurelien at aurel32.net
Sat Jul 31 21:22:48 CEST 2010
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 05:56:26PM +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> 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.
>
I also tried on x86, but it doesn't fail as CONFIG_LOADER_AOUT is not
enabled on this platform.
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