[linux-yocto] [raspberryp2] Error during the build of linux kernel

[Trevor Woerner]

On 10/02/15 05:28, Karim ATIKI wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have another error while building a classic Raspberry-Pi2 with
> Yocto-Project.
> It failed while compiling the Linux Kernel modules:
>
>
>  /home/kai/poky/build-rpi/tmp/work-shared/raspberrypi2/kernel-source/drivers/misc/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:
> In function 'set_resume_state':
> |
> /home/kai/poky/build-rpi/tmp/work-shared/raspberrypi2/kernel-source/drivers/misc/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:1780:1:
> error: *inlining failed in call to always_inline 'set_suspend_state':
> function not inlinable*
> |  set_suspend_state(VCHIQ_ARM_STATE_T *arm_state,
> |  ^
> |
> /home/kai/poky/build-rpi/tmp/work-shared/raspberrypi2/kernel-source/drivers/misc/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:1836:3:
> error: called from here
> |    set_suspend_state(arm_state, VC_SUSPEND_IDLE);
>
> I fixed this issue by removing the "inline" keyword of the related
> functions: set_resume_state() and set_suspend_state().
> But I find this fix very ugly as I suppose the "inline" keyword have
> been put for a good reason.
>
> Is this a compiler error ? or a bad CFLAG ?
> I'm running Yocto Fido 1.8 under a Debian 7.9.
> The cross-compiler used is gcc 5.0

Older kernels don't compile with gcc5+, it's a problem every BSP
maintainer is facing or has just faced recently :-)

I assume there's a fix in master for this, you stumbled on it because
you're using a slightly older release (fido). Someone will need to
backport the fix for any older, supported releases.