Re: [arm-gnu] UTS_RELEASE / utsrelease.h missing?

[john blair <mailtome200420032002@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply Dan. So I guess then there is a bug in xfree86.

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [arm-gnu] UTS_RELEASE / utsrelease.h missing?
> To: "john blair" <mailtome200420032002@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: arm-gnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:18 AM
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:28:24AM
> -0700, john blair wrote:
> > I am trying to cross compile xfree86 using code
> sourcery toolchain. I end up with an error UTS_RELEASE'
> undeclared here (not in a function)
> > 
> > According to Marc (XFree86 developer)
> > "No mainline kernel source tarball contains
> include/linux/version.h, nor include/linux/utsrelease.h.
> They are both generated by the kernel build process, but the
> latter only after 2.6.17. But the version.h included here
> advertises a kernel version of 2.6.29. See ...
> > 
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=63104eec234bdecb55fd9c15467ae00d0a3f42ac
> > 
> > Therefore, the toolchain tarball was misgenerated in
> that it does not also contain utsrelease.h. Likely an
> oversight. Please report this problem to CodeSourcery and
> see what they say."
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg21251.html
> 
> My Debian desktop system also has <linux/version.h>
> but no
> <utsrelease.h>.  I also checked upstream GIT
> kernel sources, and while
> both headers are built only version.h is installed
> (include/linux/Kbuild:objhdr-y).  CodeSourcery's
> current tools use the
> recommended "make headers_install" to distribute kernel
> headers.
> 
> Are you trying to build a userspace server or a kernel
> module?
> utsrelease.h might be available for kernel modules, which
> require a
> build tree.
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Jacobowitz
> CodeSourcery
>