Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:00:32 +1100 | From | "Andrew Morton" <> | Subject | 2.3.47: ne.c & 8390.c |
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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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