RE: [gentoo-user] Changing system from single to dual CPU ?

[Joel Osburn]

> From: richard.j.fish@×××××.com
>
> On 12/19/06, Joel Osburn <tjeckleberg@××××.com> wrote:
> > I have an Opteron 242 system, to which I recently added a
> second processor and some more memory.  I figured that to
> take advantage of that processor, all I needed to do was
> recompile to kernel, reboot, and set "-j3" in the make.conf file.
> >
> > However, there must be something else, since when I try to
> compile the kernel with smp, I get a whole bunch of errors
> like this when I run "make":
>
> <snip>
>
> Everything you posted is just a warning, and should not cause
> the kernel build to fail.
>
> > So no normal end to the compile.
>
> If the compile really is failing, it probably isn't due to
> the warnings you posted above.  Try posting the last dozen or
> so messages you get from the build.
>
> -Richard
> --

I'm accustomed to a kernel build ending with information regarding kernel image size.  This build ends with:

In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/message/i2o/i2o_bus.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/message/i2o/i2o_bus.ko
  CC      drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.ko
  CC      drivers/message/i2o/i2o_core.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/message/i2o/i2o_core.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/message/i2o/i2o_core.ko
  CC      drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.ko
  CC      drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.ko
  CC      drivers/net/dummy.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from drivers/net/dummy.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  drivers/net/dummy.ko
  CC      fs/binfmt_misc.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from fs/binfmt_misc.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  fs/binfmt_misc.ko
  CC      fs/cifs/cifs.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from fs/cifs/cifs.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  fs/cifs/cifs.ko
  CC      fs/ntfs/ntfs.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from fs/ntfs/ntfs.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko
  CC      fs/smbfs/smbfs.mod.o
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:5,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:18,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:26,
                 from include/linux/module.h:10,
                 from fs/smbfs/smbfs.mod.c:1:
include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for field of type 'unsigned char[5u]'
  LD [M]  fs/smbfs/smbfs.ko

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There isn't an image in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ either.

Joel

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