Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Mar 2000 23:15:02 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.99-3/3 IDE link problems (+msdos partitions) |
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > ide-geometry.o (always compiled in the kernel) needs current_capacity() and > > get_info_ptr(), which are defined in ide.c. > > > > However, if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m and CONFIG_IDE=y, ide.o is compiled as a > > module causing a kernel link failure. > > Retrying with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m and CONFIG_IDE=m showed an even worse > problem: fs/partitions/msdos.c needs ide_xlate_1024(), which is defined in > ide-geometry.o, but the latter file is compiled as a module if CONFIG_IDE=m. > > Time to drop IDE from the .config completely...
That is not the problem.....
What really needs to happen is to export "ide_xlate_1024()" back into ./drivers/block/ and have config dependencies decide. Something closser to this will resolve the issue cleaner, IMHO.
Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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