Re: [SSI-users] trying to build OpenSSI [with 2.6.14 kernel] from source

[John H. <jo...@Ca...>]

Scott Walters wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I spent some time tracking down security fixes to the Linux kernel and
> patching 2.6.14-ssi.
>
> Trying to build the linux-source-2.6.14-ssi.tar.bz2 kernel from
> `apt-get install linux-source-2.6.14-ssi`, I get:
>
>   CC      init/main.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 init/main.c:16:
> include/asm/mpspec_def.h:78: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored for
> field of type 'unsigned char[6]'
> In file included from include/linux/blkdev.h:10,
>                  from include/linux/ide.h:14,
>                  from include/cluster/synch.h:35,
>                  from include/linux/vproc.h:16,
>                  from init/main.c:76:
> include/linux/pagemap.h: In function 'fault_in_pages_readable':
> include/linux/pagemap.h:236: warning: passing argument 1 of
> 'ssi_rcopy_from_user' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> include/linux/pagemap.h:236: error: assignment of read-only variable '__gux_val'
> include/linux/pagemap.h:242: warning: passing argument 1 of
> 'ssi_rcopy_from_user' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> include/linux/pagemap.h:242: error: assignment of read-only variable '__gux_val'
> make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
> make: *** [init] Error 2
>
> I get this same fatal in the patched and unpatched source trees.
>
> Is this a toolchain problem?  Are there known-good versions of things
> I should be using to build this?  Is building from source particularly
> tricky?
>
>   
Yes, yes and yes.

You need gcc-3.3 or gcc-3.4

> Also:
>
> Trying to check out CI from `cvs
> -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/ci-linux login`, the
> (empty) password is rejected:
>
> scott@debian:~/ssi$ cvs
> -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/ci-linux login
> Logging in to :pserver:ano...@cv...:2401/cvsroot/ci-linux
> CVS password:
> cvs login: authorization failed: server cvs.openssi.org rejected
> access to /cvsroot/ci-linux for user anonymous
> scott@debian:~/ssi$
>   
Using the command shown on the http://ci-linux.sourceforge.net/ page 
works for me:

cvs -d:pserver:ano...@ci...:/cvsroot/ci-linux 
login

(Sourceforge's CVS configuration is a never ending mystery.  There are 
innumerable commands that look like they might work, but you have to 
give exactly the right one).