I suspect this would get fixed real fast if you can send some developers some aarch64 hardware ;)
Or if there's a reasonably priced eval kit I would like trying out a 64 bit arm... On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 12:55:31PM -0700, Micheal Waltz wrote: > I have a Ubuntu 14.04 aarch64 VM and am trying to compile openafs on > it. I'm using the Ubuntu/Debian source packages (tried both 1.6.7 > and 1.6.9), and after modifying the source to recognize aarch64 it > begins to compile but eventually fails with an error of, > > gcc -I/home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/config > -I/home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/include -I. -I. > -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -o rmtsysd rmtsysd.o libsys.a > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/librx.a libsys.a > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/util.a -lresolv > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a(lwp.o): In function > `Abort_LWP': > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:796: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a(lwp.o): In function > `Dispatcher': > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:982: undefined > reference to `returnto' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a(lwp.o): In function > `LWP_QWait': > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:246: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a(lwp.o): In function > `LWP_CreateProcess': > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:302: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:361: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:372: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:411: undefined > reference to `savecontext' > /home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/lib/liblwp.a(lwp.o):/home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/lwp/./lwp.c:420: > more undefined references to `savecontext' follow > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > make[5]: *** [rmtsysd] Error 1 > make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/mwaltz/debian/openafs-1.6.9/src/sys' > > I did some research into this error, and found a thread on this list > from 2009 regarding the ppc architecture [1] and appears it's > related to the aarch64 glibc not having support for ucontext. > Looking at src/config/param.arm_linux26.h, it specifically says that > glibc doesn't implement getcontext/savecontext for arm. The ppc > thread mentioned lwp vs pthreads, and I'm wondering if for aarch64 > there needs to be something updated to use pthreads instead of lwp. > > I'm not really a developer and this is about the limit of my > understanding of the problem, so any help on how to work around this > error and getting openafs to compile on aarch64 (particularly via > the debian packages) would be appreciated. > > I've also opened a bug with Ubuntu regarding this [2]. > > 1. https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-devel/2009-June/016791.html > 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openafs/+bug/1364544 > > Thank you, > > -- > Micheal Waltz > Unix Configuration Management (go/ucm) > Qualcomm Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-devel mailing list > OpenAFS-devel@openafs.org > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Benjegerdes 'da hozer' ho...@hozed.org 7 elements earth::water::air::fire::mind::spirit::soul grid.coop Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, nor try buy a hacker who makes money by the megahash _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list OpenAFS-devel@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
