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Subject2.3.47: ne.c & 8390.c
ne.c is broken in 2.3.47.

ne.o requires 8390.o.

drivers/net/Makefile has been changed so that even if CONFIG_NE2000=m,
8390.o is linked direct into the kernel. But 8390.o does not export its
symbols when it isn't compiled as a module.

Consequently ne.o won't load into the 8390.o-containing kernel - it
cannot resolve its references into 8390.o.

A workaround is to make 8390.o always export its symbols, however I
don't think it was intentional that 8390.o be non-modularised in this
manner.

Bottom lines:

- I think there's a Makefile bug: 8390.o should remain a module if ne.o
is a module.

- I suggest that 8390.o should always export its symbols so one can have
modular ne.o and static 8390.o. Or would this break something?

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