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Subject: flash disk drivers in kernel - error in kernel compile


Author:
Pete G
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Date Posted: 17:25:18 05/29/03 Thu
 I followed the directions to Install the flash disk drivers into the kernel tree. The kernel config options were based off the example .config. The make bzImage command gave the following error:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o init/do_mounts.o --start-group arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/net/fc/fc.o drivers/net/tokenring/tr.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o net/network.o crypto/crypto.o abi/abi.o /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a --end-group -o vmlinux
drivers/block/block.o: In function `nor_flash_init':
drivers/block/block.o(.text.init+0x1da): undefined reference to `gendisk_head'
drivers/block/block.o(.text.init+0x1f5): undefined reference to `gendisk_head'
drivers/block/block.o: In function `nand_flash_init':
drivers/block/block.o(.text.init+0x314): undefined reference to `gendisk_head'
drivers/block/block.o(.text.init+0x32f): undefined reference to `gendisk_head'
make[1]: *** [kallsyms] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 2


system stats:
redhat 8.0
kernel 2.4.18-14
gcc 3.2

thanks.
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Re: flash disk drivers in kernel - error in kernel compileKevin B10:48:59 05/31/03 Sat
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