Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:01:09 +0100 (CET) | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.4.14 link error |
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On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Richard wrote:
> This is my first nervous attempt at kernel stuff (sweat, panic...) > > Kernel 2.4.14 does not link if loopback device is enabled. The link fails > with unresolved extern reference "deactivate_page" in block.o > > This function is called from drivers/block/loop.c and is located in > in mm/swap.c for kernel 2.4.13 but not for 2.4.14. > I made a copy of loop.c commented out the references (2) to deactivate_page > and compiled as a module, which seems to work just fine.
This is a known bug and you did the right thing to fix it.
> Hope this helps
cu Adrian
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