Subject: Re: 440EP FPU support missing

From: Matt Porter <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:46:51 -0700

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 09:32:02AM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:38:11PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > In the current linux version, Bamboo (440EP) won't compile anymore, because of 
> > missing fpu support:
> > 
> > make uImage
> > ...
> >   LD      init/built-in.o
> >   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> > arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.o(.text+0x868): In function `_start':
> > : undefined reference to `KernelFP'
> > make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> > 
> > Somehow arch/ppc/kernel/fpu.S has disappeared. :-( I assume, this happened in 
> > the ppc/ppc64 -> powerpc merge. Any thoughts, why this file disappeared and 
> > how to solve this problem (just restore the original file)?
> 
> It's just moved to arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S.  All you should need is
> to tweak the Makefiles so that it's included in your build.

Actually, the version in arch/powerpc/kernel/ is older than the version
removed from arch/ppc/kernel/. It is already being built...see my other
post.

-Matt