Bug#398241: madwifi-source: Build fails on powerpc-be-elf (PPC32) with message "TARGET powerpc-elf is invalid"

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Ian,

On Monday 13 November 2006 03:20, Ian MacDonald wrote:
> Package: madwifi-source
> Version: 1:0.9.2+r1784.20061027-1
> Severity: important
>
> The following is from the buildlog after executing #m-a a-i madwifi
>
> dh_testroot
> dh_clean
> /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/madwifi clean \
>         KERNELPATH=/lib/modules/2.6.18-1-powerpc/build
> 	KERNELRELEASE=2.6.18-1-powerpc
> 	KERNELCONF=/lib/modules/2.6.18-1-powerpc/build/.config
> 	ATH_RATE=ath_rate/sample
> 	make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/madwifi'
> 	Makefile.inc:199: *** TARGET powerpc-elf is invalid, valid
> 	targets are: alpha-elf ap30 ap43 ap51 ap61 arm9-le-thumb-elf
> 	armv4-be-elf armv4-le-elf i386-elf mips1-be-elf mips1-le-elf
> 	mips-be-elf mipsisa32-be-elf mipsisa32-le-elf mips-le-elf
> 	powerpc-be-eabi powerpc-be-elf powerpc-le-eabi sh4-le-elf
> 	sparc64-be-elf sparc-be-elf x86_64-elf xscale-be-elf
> 	xscale-le-elf.  Stop.
>
> Looking at the differences between the 1704 (which built fine) and 1784
> builds I noted the following changes: The /scripts/get_arch_target.sh was
> replaced with /scripts/get_arch.sh
>
> In here there was previously some logic to add the "endianness" to the
> TARGET; i.e. change TARGET=powerpc-elf to TARGET=powerpc-be-elf. This logic
> seems to have been purged, or possibly moved elsewhere.
>
> Note that the debian patch07 to get_arch_target.sh (which no longer
> exists after the rename) was in the changelog. Not sure if that was
> still being patched, but if so needs to be updated.
>
> The workaround for PPC32-be users familiar with the module building
> process is to just to drop a
> TARGET=powerpc-be-elf into the /usr/src/modules/madwifi/Makefile.inc and
> rebuild madwifi.tar.bz2, and re-execute m-a a-i madwifi.

I forwarded this onto the upstream mailing list this morning[1] where Pavel 
Roskin stated[2] this is a problem he wants to fix very soon.

Thanks, Kel.

[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.madwifi.devel/3449
[2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.madwifi.devel/3450