[coreboot] v3 compilation failures

Marc Jones marc.jones at amd.com
Mon Jan 21 19:12:38 CET 2008



Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> 3 of 5 targets in v3 fail to compile:
> - adl/msm800sev
> - amd/norwich
> - artecgroup/dbe61
> 
> While none of these targets worked on real hardware, we were at least
> able to compile them and could keep the code mostly warning-free to give
> later porters a good start. Right now the accumulated mess is rather
> difficult to clean up.
> 
> One of the contributing factors is the variety of smbus_read_byte
> prototypes. Same problem for spd_read_byte. Which one is the "right"
> prototype?
> 
> ./include/device/smbus.h:int smbus_read_byte(struct device *dev, u8 addr);
> ./device/smbus_ops.c:int smbus_read_byte(struct device *dev, u8 addr)
> (introduced in r307)
> 
> ./include/lib.h:int smbus_read_byte(unsigned device, unsigned address);
> ./mainboard/artecgroup/dbe61/initram.c:int smbus_read_byte(unsigned
> device, unsigned address)
> (introduced in r349)
> 
> ./southbridge/amd/cs5536/smbus_initram.c:int smbus_read_byte(u16 device,
> u8 address)
> (introduced in r344)
> 
> Patches appreciated.
> Hints:
> - artecgroup/dbe61 first failed in r527 with "undefined reference to
> 'spd_read_byte'"
> - adl/msm800sev and amd/norwich first failed in r537 with "conflicting
> types for 'spd_read_byte'", which was uncovered by the new combined
> compilation, but the root cause (conflicting types) had been there for
> dozens of revisions.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel
> 


I have patches for norwich.... give me a few more hours.
Marc

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