Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:51:25 -0400 (EDT) | From | William Stearns <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.1.126pre2ac1 |
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, William Stearns wrote: > On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Johan Myreen wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, William Stearns wrote: > > > > >> You asked for it. This variable turns out never to be defined: > > >> +unsigned char pckbd_read_mask; > > >kernel/kernel.o(__ksymtab+0x7d8): undefined reference to `pckbd_read_mask' > > > > > > Is it simply a matter of changing: > > >extern unsigned char aux_device_present, pckbd_read_mask; > > > to > > >extern unsigned char aux_device_present; > > > in kernel/ksyms.c? > > > > This analysis is correct, the pckbd_read_mask variable should go > > away, it's not needed anymore, and definitely not part of the > > kernel API as an exported symbol. > > > > Don't blame Linus, I forgot about the stuff in ksyms.c. Your > > report did however make me wonder what's different between our > > configurations, because the change does compile for me, and has > > been tested to work. Looking at ksyms.c, I suspect you are > > using an old .config file, because the > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(pckbd_read_mask) is bracketed with #ifdef > > CONFIG_PSMOUSE_MODULE. Now that the PS/2 mouse driver has been > > I believe you're correct. The script I use to build my kernels > copies the .config from the last kernel I compiled in this series (2.1.125 > in this case). I had the ps/2 mouse modularized before: > CONFIG_PSMOUSE=m > and it stayed as "m" even after running make menuconfig on it. I'll try > building with "=y" after work today.
Johan, you were right. I changed the PSMOUSE=m to PSMOUSE=y and a clean build succeeded in creating a zImage. The tristate to y/n makefile issue is in mec's capable hands now... Cheers, - Bill
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