> This may well have been broken in earlier versions... The last one I
> tried to compile before 2.5.38 was 2.5.34. Quick problem summary:
>
> ide-proc.o doesn't get built if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE isn't "y", so
> depmod complains about unresolved symbols.
Yup, drivers/ide/Makefile should have
===== Makefile 1.5 vs edited =====
--- 1.5/drivers/ide/Makefile Wed Sep 18 20:11:21 2002
+++ edited/Makefile Mon Sep 23 17:50:05 2002
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI) += ide-dma.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP) += ide-pnp.o
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE),y)
+ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE
obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += ide-proc.o
endif
> If I edit linux/drivers/ide/Makefile to force the build, I still end
> up with various depmod errors, some of which would doubtless go away
> if I turned off module versioning. Anyone got a quick fix that I'm
> too tired to see? Here's the depmod output with ide-proc.o forced:
>
> if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.5.38; fi
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.5.38/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.o
> depmod: proc_ide_read_geometry_R50fed6f7
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.5.38/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.o
> depmod: proc_ide_read_geometry_R50fed6f7
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.5.38/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-probe.o
> depmod: do_ide_request
> depmod: ide_add_generic_settings
> depmod: create_proc_ide_interfaces_Rab2c600e
> depmod: ide_bus_type
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.5.38/kernel/drivers/ide/ide.o
> depmod: proc_ide_create_Ra8e0f104
> depmod: ide_remove_proc_entries_R5a5a621b
> depmod: ide_add_proc_entries_Rce569c25
> depmod: destroy_proc_ide_drives_Ra54f63e5
> depmod: proc_ide_destroy_R35e1351c
> depmod: bus_unregister
> depmod: proc_ide_read_capacity_R46b2a30d
> depmod: create_proc_ide_interfaces_Rab2c600e
> depmod: ide_scan_pcibus
> make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 1
Basically, for all symbols which don't end in _R*, an EXPORT_SYMBOL()
statement is missing. Add as necessary ;)
--Kai
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