powerpc: question concerning insmod

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thursday 03 July 2008 21:57, beck0778 at umn.edu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am attempting to build busybox-1.11.0 for powerpc. I have unsuccessfully 
> tried:
> 
> 1) custom-built cross compiling toolchain built with crosstool (gcc 4.1.0, 
> glibc 2.3.6)
> 
> 2) vendor-provided cross compiling toolchain (gcc 3.4.3, glibc 2.3.3)
> 
> 3) vendor-provided native powerpc toolchain (gcc 3.4.3, glibc 2.3.3)
> 
> For the cross compilers, I'm trying to build with:
> $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-405-linux-gnu-
> 
> For the native compiler, I'm just using:
> $ make
> 
> I am getting an error while compiling the file modutils/insmod.c using any 
> of these toolchains:
> 
> For all three toolchains, I get the following error messages:
> 
>   CC modutils/insmod.o modutils/insmod.c: In function 
> 'arch_apply_relocation': modutils/insmod.c:864: error: 'ifile' undeclared 
> (first use in this function) modutils/insmod.c:864: error: (Each undeclared 
> identifier is reported only once modutils/insmod.c:864: error: for each 
> function it appears in.) modutils/insmod.c:836: warning: unused parameter 
> 'f' make[1]: *** [modutils/insmod.o] Error 1 make: *** [modutils] Error 2
> 
> I looked into the source file indicated, and it seems like the variable 
> ifile is defined in this section, which does not include a " || 
> defined(__powerpc__)" condition:
> 
> #if defined(__arm__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__mc68000__) \
>  || defined(__sh__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__x86_64__)
>         struct arch_file *ifile = (struct arch_file *) f;
> #endif

Does it work if you add || defined(__powerpc__) ?

--
vda