Re: Linux v2.5.48

["Udo A. Steinberg" <us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>]

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:41:05 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds (LT) wrote:

Hi Linus,

2.5.48 broke completely monolithic kernels.

   ld -m elf_i386 -e stext -T arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.s arch/i386/kernel/head.o
arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o  init/built-in.o --start-group  usr/built-in.o
arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o  arch/i386/mm/built-in.o  arch/i386/mach-generic/built-in.o
kernel/built-in.o  mm/built-in.o  fs/built-in.o  ipc/built-in.o  security/built-in.o 
crypto/built-in.o  lib/lib.a  arch/i386/lib/lib.a  drivers/built-in.o  sound/built-in.o
arch/i386/pci/built-in.o  net/built-in.o --end-group  -o vmlinux
init/built-in.o(.init.text+0x684): In function `start_kernel':
: undefined reference to `extable_init'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

#
# Loadable module support
#
# CONFIG_MODULES is not set


If module support is enabled, the thing links beautifully.

Regards,
-Udo.

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