From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:38:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:38:09 -0500 Received: from mailrelay3.inwind.it ([212.141.54.103]:46274 "EHLO mailrelay3.inwind.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:38:01 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Roby Reply-To: robylit@inwind.it To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: PROBLEM: The module loop.o has an unresolved dependency: deactivate_page() Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 19:34:06 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20011109193802Z280062-17408+12724@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kernel 2.4.14 [1.] The module loop.o has an unresolved dependency: deactivate_page() [2.] If I compile the module loop.o as a module it compiles fine,but then it has un unresolved dependency: deactivate_page(). This function once was in the source file mm/swap.c, but in the kernel 2.4.14 it disappeared. I know the function existed in the kernel 2.4.10. [3.] module, deactivate_page(), loop.o, swap.c [4.] Kernel 2.4.14, downloaded from www.kernel.org (vanilla, no ac patch) [7.2] processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1109.919 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 2215.11 [8.] The function deactivate_page() is not defined elsewhere. What have I to do for having the loop block device? [9.] ]$ cat version Linux version 2.4.14 (root@darkstar) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #6 Wed Nov 7 22:22:30 CET 2001 -- Roby email robylit@inwind.it robylit@tiscali.it WEB Page http://web.tiscali.it/robylit