> On Tue, January 4, 2011 9:57 am, Bob Tracy wrote:
>> This probably happened before -rc8, but was not an issue for 2.6.36.
>>
>> The 2.6.37-rc8 kernel build on alpha fails as follows:
>>
>> (...)
>> LD usr/built-in.o
>> AS arch/alpha/kernel/entry.o
>> CC arch/alpha/kernel/traps.o
>> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
>> In file included from
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/mmu_context.h:22,
>> from arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c:26:
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h: In function '__set_hae':
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h:41: error:
>> 'arch_local_irq_save' is static but used in inline function '__set_hae'
>> which is not static
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h:49: error:
>> 'arch_local_irq_restore' is static but used in inline function '__set_hae'
>> which is not static
>
> A patch that fixes this was posted to linux-alpha some time ago (see
>
http://www.spinics.net/linux/lists/linux-alpha/msg00710.html). I am not
> sure why it hasn't made it through to Linus as yet.
>
> Cheers
> Michael.