[U-Boot] Fwd: Parallel build is broken

[Adam Ford]

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 3:46 AM Alex Kiernan <alex.kiernan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 3:54 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 5:50 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 5:00 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 03:42:05PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com>
> > > > > Date: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 3:40 PM
> > > > > Subject: Parallel build is broken
> > > > > To: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > > > Cc: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > U-Boot can't be build with make -j16.
> > > > >
> > > > > Second pass passes fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Didn't investigate myself and probably will not have time (near to
> > > > > vacation time for me).
> > > > > So, please, fix it before release.
> > > > >
> > > > > sh: echo: I/O error
> > > > > make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:278: common/malloc_simple.o] Error 1

I am no expert, but I/O error to me indicates a hardware problem on
the build machine and not necessarily a software issue.

adam
> > > > > make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > > >  CC      drivers/serial/ns16550.o
> > > > >  CC      drivers/spi/spi.o
> > > > >  CC      cmd/mmc.o
> > > > >  CC      drivers/watchdog/tangier_wdt.o
> > > > >  CC      drivers/serial/serial_intel_mid.o
> > > > >  CC      cmd/net.o
> > > > >  CC      drivers/usb/common/common.o
> > > > >  CC      arch/x86/lib/acpi.o
> > > > >  LD      drivers/timer/built-in.o
> > > > >  CC      arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.o
> > > > >  CC      drivers/video/console_normal.o
> > > > > make: *** [Makefile:1377: common] Error 2
> > > > > make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > >
> > > > What build target (and O= or not?) is this with?  Thanks!
> > >
> > > make clean && make edison_defconfig && make -j16
> > >
> > > gcc (Debian 8.2.0-4) 8.2.0
> > > Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> > > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> >
> > So, first time it's being built, consequent runs usually failed.
> >
>
> I've seen this problem - building inside a VMware VM. I've always
> found that logging out and back in appears to fix it, so possibly
> something related to the session... I've similarly failed to figure
> out what the problem is as it comes and goes.
>
> --
> Alex Kiernan
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