[PATCH] Re: Kernel 2.5.8 on Alpha

[Robert Love]

On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 17:01, Oliver Pitzeier wrote:
> I tried to compile kernel 2.5.8 on an Alpha. I just wanted to try it...
> This happens:
> <snip>
> sched.c: In function `schedule':
> sched.c:771: `PREEMPT_ACTIVE' undeclared (first use in this function)

2.5.8-pre2 uses PREEMPT_ACTIVE directly in entry.S and thus moved the
definition of PREEMPT_ACTIVE into include/asm/thread_info.h from
include/linux/sched.h, presumably because including sched.h in entry.S
would not be pretty.

Each arch thus needs to define PREEMPT_ACTIVE ... patch applied.

	Robert Love

diff -urN linux-2.5.8/include/asm-alpha/thread_info.h linux/include/asm-alpha/thread_info.h
--- linux-2.5.8/include/asm-alpha/thread_info.h	Sun Apr 14 15:18:56 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-alpha/thread_info.h	Mon Apr 15 14:32:50 2002
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
+#define PREEMPT_ACTIVE		0x4000000
+
 /*
  * Thread information flags:
  * - these are process state flags and used from assembly