Re: 2.5.47+ input as module broken

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 13:35:12 EST


Normal. You have CONFIG_VT set to y and CONFIG_INPUT set to module. The VT
console system now depends on the input layer. That is why the error. I
can create a patch to deal with this. Unfortunely the console system is to
broken to handle the input layer being modular. I do have a new core
console system that can handle this.

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Chris Cheney wrote:

> When CONFIG_INPUT=m is set the following occurs:
>
> 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
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x39b43): In function `kd_nosound':
> : undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x39b5c): In function `kd_nosound':
> : undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x39c07): In function `kd_mksound':
> : undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x3a8a2): In function `kbd_bh':
> : undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x3a8b0): In function `kbd_bh':
> : undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x3a8c1): more undefined references to `input_event' follow
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x3ad73): In function `kbd_connect':
> : undefined reference to `input_open_device'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x3ad97): In function `kbd_disconnect':
> : undefined reference to `input_close_device'
> drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x2391): In function `kbd_init':
> : undefined reference to `input_register_handler'
>
> Chris Cheney
>
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