From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264812AbUEEXaI (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 19:30:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264836AbUEEXaI (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 19:30:08 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:40902 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264812AbUEEXaE (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 May 2004 19:30:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 01:29:58 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morton , dev@opensound.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.6.6-rc3-mm2: vermagic compile error if CONFIG_MODULES=n Message-ID: <20040505232958.GB9636@fs.tum.de> References: <20040505013135.7689e38d.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040505013135.7689e38d.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:31:35AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >... > Changes since 2.6.6-rc3-mm2: >... > +proc-sys-kernel-vermagic.patch > > Add /proc/sys/kernel/vermagic so that package installers can work out how > the kernel was built (soliciting feedback on this one). >... linux/vermagic.h now references a variable in kernel/module.c. Since this file is only included for CONFIG_MODULES=y, CONFIG_MODULES=n results in the following compile error: <-- snip --> ... LD .tmp_vmlinux1 kernel/built-in.o(.data+0xc54): undefined reference to `vermagic' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 <-- snip --> cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed