Re: [PATCH] PowerPC - Fix build with linux 3.7 headers

[Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail dot com>]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Carlos O'Donell
<carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net> wrote:
>>> The following simple patch fixes the build against linux 3.7 headers,
>>> where _ASM_POWERPC_ELF_H was renamed to _UAPI_ASM_POWERPC_ELF_H.
>>>
>>> Already tested and working in the current Ubuntu development series.
>>>
>>> 2012-11-22  Adam Conrad  <adconrad@0c3.net>
>>>
>>>        * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/procfs.h: Support
>>>        _UAPI_ASM_POWERPC_ELF_H in the Linux 3.7 headers.
>>>
>>> ---
>>
>> I wouldn't commit this.  It is arguably a bug in the kernel headers and
>> there is already a patch sent to fix it.  See here:
>>
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cross-arch/15847
>>
>> I believe Andrew Morton already queued this up.
>>
>> I have no authority in glibc at all, but I'd NAK this for now if I did.
>
> Josh,
>
> No true, you reviewed the patch, and made a comment. That counts.

Heh, OK.

> Adam,
>
> Has this bug made it into a release kernel that glibc could possibly
> be built with?

It's in the 3.7-rcX kernels, and still present today in Linus' latest
tree but hopefully the final 3.7 kernel has it fixed.  The UAPI rework
is a 3.7 "feature" so it isn't present in older kernels.

josh