Hi Satheesh,
On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 13:39, Satheesh Rajendran sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
Hi Firoz,
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:32:45PM +0530, Firoz Khan wrote: Tried to apply on linus "master" and linuxppc-dev(https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git) "merge" branch, both failed to apply series.
# git am mbox Applying: powerpc: add __NR_syscalls along with NR_syscalls Applying: powerpc: move macro definition from asm/systbl.h Applying: powerpc: add system call table generation support Applying: powerpc: split compat syscall table out from native table Applying: powerpc: generate uapi header and system call table files error: patch failed: arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild:1 error: arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild: patch does not apply Patch failed at 0005 powerpc: generate uapi header and system call table files Use 'git am --show-current-patch' to see the failed patch When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue". If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead. To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".
Then, tried with linuxppc-dev(https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git) "next" branch, patch got applied, compiled with ppc64le_defconfig and booted on IBM Power8 box.
# uname -r 4.20.0-rc2-gdd2690d2c
Looks like patch series needs a rebase against the latest kernel versions.
Thanks for the update. Sure, I'll update the patch series and post asap.
Firoz