modpost error message with -j builds

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 06:26:31 EST


I just say the following with a -j 2 build:

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...
CHECK include/linux/version.h
LD vmlinux
SYSMAP System.map
SYSMAP .tmp_System.map
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 222 modules
CC arch/x86/boot/a20.o
CC arch/x86/boot/cmdline.o
AS arch/x86/boot/copy.o
HOSTCC arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr
CC arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.o
CC arch/x86/boot/edd.o
AS arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o
CC arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o
ERROR: "____ilog2_NaN" [drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko] undefined!
make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
make: *** [modules] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
CC arch/x86/boot/main.o
CC arch/x86/boot/mca.o
CC arch/x86/boot/memory.o
CC arch/x86/boot/pm.o
AS arch/x86/boot/pmjump.o
CC arch/x86/boot/printf.o
CC arch/x86/boot/string.o
OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin
CC arch/x86/boot/tty.o
GZIP arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz
CC arch/x86/boot/video.o
CC arch/x86/boot/video-mode.o
CC arch/x86/boot/version.o
CC arch/x86/boot/video-vga.o
CC arch/x86/boot/video-vesa.o
CC arch/x86/boot/video-bios.o
HOSTCC arch/x86/boot/tools/build
CPUSTR arch/x86/boot/cpustr.h
CC arch/x86/boot/cpu.o
LD arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o
LD arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
OFFSETS arch/x86/boot/offsets.h
OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/vmlinux.bin
AS arch/x86/boot/header.o
LD arch/x86/boot/setup.elf
OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/setup.bin
BUILD arch/x86/boot/bzImage
Root device is (8, 1)
Setup is 12252 bytes (padded to 12288 bytes).
System is 2498 kB
CRC ee7ee55
Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#1)

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It would be good if there was a last line "ERROR: ..." when the build
finished with a non-zero return value.

cu
Adrian

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