[Debian] Re: What version of debian kernel to use?

[Ola Lundqvist]

Privet Vasily (and others)

On amd64, 486 and sparc architecture I got this build error:

kernel/sched.c: In function '__activate_task':
kernel/sched.c:1565: warning: implicit declaration of function 've_stop_idle'
kernel/sched.c:1565: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
kernel/sched.c:1565: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
kernel/sched.c:1565: error: for each function it appears in.)
kernel/sched.c: In function 'deactivate_task':
kernel/sched.c:1718: error: 'pcpu' undeclared (first use in this function)
kernel/sched.c:1735: warning: implicit declaration of function 've_strt_idle'
kernel/sched.c:1735: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
kernel/sched.c:1735: error: 'cpu' undeclared (first use in this function)
kernel/sched.c: In function 'pull_task':
kernel/sched.c:3037: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
kernel/sched.c: In function 'vsched_add_vcpu':
kernel/sched.c:8218: warning: implicit declaration of function 'VE_CPU_STATS'
kernel/sched.c:8218: error: 'struct fairsched_node' has no member named 'owner_env'
kernel/sched.c:8219: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct ve_cpu_stats' 
kernel/sched.c:8219: warning: passing argument 1 of 'memset' makes pointer from integer without a cast
kernel/sched.c:8221: error: 'struct fairsched_node' has no member named 'owner_env'
make[2]: *** [kernel/sched.o] Fel 1
make[1]: *** [kernel] Fel 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ola/build/linux-openvz-2.6/linux-source-2.6.18'


It would be nice if you could fix that.

Regards,

// Ola


On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 03:50:35PM +0300, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> Hej, Ola,
> 
> this is OpenVZ patch against 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11 Debian kernel:
> http://download.openvz.org/~vass/patch-ovz-028.015-2.6.18.dfsg.1-11.gz
> 
> Vasily
> 
> Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > Privet Vasily
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0300, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> >   
> >> Hello, Ola
> >>
> >> I want to clarify one thing.
> >>
> >> linux-source-2.6.18 package is available now in testing and in unstable
> >> repositories.
> >> Last version in testing repository is 2.6.18-7 and last version in
> >> unstable repository is 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
> >>
> >> As far as I understand testing repository will be transformed to stable
> >> one as soon as Etch will be released. We want to have OpenVZ patch
> >> against Etch kernel, thus I should prepare patch against 2.6.18-7
> >> version, but not against 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11one. Should I?
> >>     
> >
> > There is a special exception for the kernel currently. In general you
> > are correct but the case today is actually that the 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
> > will be a part of stable. At least according to the release team.
> >
> > So make the patch against that version.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > // Ola
> >
> >   
> >> Thank you,
> >> Vasily
> >>
> >>     
> 
> 

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