Re: kernel version and binutils issues

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:17:17PM +0100, Davide Cittaro wrote:
> Hi again, since 2.4 has been deprecated, which is the latest 2.6.x kernel 
> with full support for SMP on alpha (titan)? 

SMP alpha problems were fixed long ago (~2006) so latest stable should work
just fine.

> Also, is written that 
> gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources should work well the same, so I wonder 
> which one I should try first.

Whatever you prefer. We recommend gentoo-sources which recieve full
support from the Gentoo Kernel Team.

>
> Also, while I was trying the stage 1 installation I've went through an 
> error emerging binutils:

Stage 1 and Stage 2 installations stop recieving support quite a long
time ago, so please, go for a stage3 one.

>
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c: 
> In function 'trad_unix_core_file_p':
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: 'PAGE_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this function)
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18/bfd/trad-core.c:122: 
> error: for each function it appears in.)
> make[4]: *** [trad-core.lo] Error 1
>

This is a known problem. Please try a stage3 clean install and if it
fails, create a bug report and I will check it.

-- 
Jose Luis Rivero <[email protected]>
Gentoo/Doc Gentoo/Alpha

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