Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:13:55 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: reiserfs NET=n build error |
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On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 08:22:06PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > With CONFIG_NET=n and REISERFS_FS=m (randconfig), kernel build ends with > > Kernel: arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage is ready (#15) > Building modules, stage 2. > MODPOST 137 modules > WARNING: "csum_partial" [fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko] undefined! > make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 > make: *** [modules] Error 2 > > on both 2.6.19-rc6 and 2.6.19-rc6-git2. > > Looks like arch/x86_64/lib/lib.a is not being linked into the > final kernel image for some reason. lib.a does contain csum_partial.
The bug is in arch/x86_64/lib/Makefile:
The problem is that lib-y objects only get linked into the kernel image when they are used in the kernel image.
Therefore, an EXPORT_SYMBOL in a lib-y object is a bug.
> ~Randy
cu Adrian
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