fglrx kernel module compile failed

[Kano]

Perhaps you use partially patched sources, on pure ones they apply without problems.

[spikethehobbitmage]

Kano's patch is very Debian specific - it might run on Ubuntu or another dpkg based system, but not any rpm based system.

firegl_public.c changed between 8.9 and 8.10. that is why the patch doesn't apply cleanly.

I haven't tested this, but KDiff3 merged without complaint:

--- 8.10/firegl_public.c	2008-10-14 09:25:30.000000000 -0600
+++ new/firegl_public.c	2008-11-04 21:41:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
 #define preempt_enable()
 #endif
 
+/* Since 2.6.27 smp_call_function doesn't have a nonatomic/retry argument */
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,27)
+#define SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(func, info, retry, wait) smp_call_function(func, info, wait)
+#else
+#define SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(func, info, retry, wait) smp_call_function(func, info, retry, wait)
+#endif
 // ============================================================
 /* globals */
 
@@ -251,7 +257,7 @@
 const char BUILD_KERNEL_HAS_MODVERSIONS_CLEARED;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __SMP__
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 const unsigned long __ke_SMP_State = 1;
 const char BUILD_KERNEL_HAS_SMP_SET;
 #else
@@ -2348,8 +2354,8 @@
 {
 /*Some kernel developer removed the export of symbol "flush_tlb_page" on 2.6.25 x86_64 SMP kernel.
   Define a simple version here.*/
-#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__SMP__) && (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)) 
-    on_each_cpu(KCL_flush_tlb_one, &va, 1, 1);
+#if defined(__x86_64__) && (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)) 
+    on_each_cpu(KCL_flush_tlb_one, &va, 1);
 #else
     flush_tlb_page(vma, va);
 #endif
@@ -2766,7 +2772,7 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifdef __SMP__
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static atomic_t cpus_waiting;
 
 static void deferred_flush(void* contextp)
@@ -2782,13 +2788,13 @@
 	while (atomic_read(&cpus_waiting) > 0)
 		barrier();
 }
-#endif /* __SMP__ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 int ATI_API_CALL __ke_flush_cache(void)
 {
-#ifdef __SMP__
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
     /* write back invalidate all other CPUs (exported by kernel) */
-	if (smp_call_function(deferred_flush, NULL, 1, 0) != 0)
+	if (SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(deferred_flush, NULL, 1, 0) != 0)
 		panic("timed out waiting for the other CPUs!\n");
 
     /* invalidate this CPU */
@@ -2802,7 +2808,7 @@
 
 	while (atomic_read(&cpus_waiting) > 0)
 		barrier();
-#else /* !__SMP__ */
+#else /* !CONFIG_SMP */
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 	asm volatile ("wbinvd":::"memory");
 #elif defined(__alpha__) || defined(__sparc__)
@@ -2810,7 +2816,7 @@
 #else
 #error "Please define flush_cache for your architecture."
 #endif
-#endif /* !__SMP__ */
+#endif /* !CONFIG_SMP */
 
     //for kernel 2.6.25, tlb_flush has been included when calling set_pages_*.
     #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
@@ -4060,7 +4066,7 @@
    }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-   if (smp_call_function(KCL_setup_pat, NULL, 0, 1) != 0)
+   if (SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(KCL_setup_pat, NULL, 0, 1) != 0)
        return 0;
 #endif
    KCL_setup_pat(NULL);
@@ -4079,7 +4085,7 @@
     }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-    if (smp_call_function(KCL_restore_pat, NULL, 0, 1) != 0)
+    if (SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(KCL_restore_pat, NULL, 0, 1) != 0)
        return;
 #endif
     KCL_restore_pat(NULL);

[deltatux]

I'll try it again when i have time to play with 2.6.27.4.

Thanks,
deltatux

[deltatux]

It failed again:

deltatux@penguin1:/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx> sudo patch < firegl_public.patch
patching file firegl_public.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 207 with fuzz 1 (offset 7 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 264.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 2361.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 2779.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 2795.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 2815 (offset 7 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 2823 (offset 7 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 4073 (offset 7 lines).

Can you post your patched firegl_public.c file?

Thanks,
deltatux

[spikethehobbitmage]

I'll post it when I get home from work.

Just in case, please make sure you are patching an unmodified source tree. If Kano's patch partially applied, mine won't work anymore, so you would need to unpack again.

[deltatux]

I'll post it when I get home from work.

Just in case, please make sure you are patching an unmodified source tree. If Kano's patch partially applied, mine won't work anymore, so you would need to unpack again.

Alright, I'll keep that in mind, I'm sure that I patched a clean one but I'll reinstall just in case.

deltatux

[deltatux]

I just tried a clean patch again. No difference.

Thanks,
deltatux

[spikethehobbitmage]

It seems phoronix corrupts patches when you post them.

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aa259a13effc4b0a941f707818b8474a firegl_public.patch
4d464c2b6faccb57e0a4ac094b1e006e firegl_public.c (patched)

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[deltatux]

It seems phoronix corrupts patches when you post them.

md5sum
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aa259a13effc4b0a941f707818b8474a firegl_public.patch
4d464c2b6faccb57e0a4ac094b1e006e firegl_public.c (patched)

pipe this message into uudecode to extract

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Ummm... although I do have quite the Linux experience background. I don't know how to use this uudecode thing you speak of =S.

EDIT: I tried this but it gave nothing on the output:

deltatux@penguin1:~> nano temp
deltatux@penguin1:~> uudecode temp >> firegl_public.c

temp contains the glob of text above.

Thanks,
deltatux

[spikethehobbitmage]

$ uudecode < temp
$ patch -p1 < firegl_public.patch