Re: compilation of floppy as module failure

[Adrian Bunk]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Micha³ Adamczak wrote:

> just wanted to report that in 2.4.19-rc1
> the kernel image does not compile if floppy (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD) is
> to be compiled as a module.
>
> the problem does not exist when the floppy is built in.
>...

This is a known problem. The following patch that is already in Marcelos'
BK repository fixes it:

diff -Nru a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
--- a/init/do_mounts.c	Mon Jun 24 14:08:10 2002
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c	Mon Jun 24 14:08:10 2002
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 	return sys_symlink(path + n + 5, name);
 }

-#if defined(CONFIG_BLOCK_DEV_RAM) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD)
+#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD)
 static void __init change_floppy(char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct termios termios;

cu
Adrian

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