Re: 2.1.78 - ide cannot be used as a module.

Henrik Storner (storner@image.dk)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 07:42:23 +0100

In linux.kernel you write:
Itai Nahshon <nahshon@actcom.co.il> writes:

>If I have CONFIG_PROC_FS=y and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m I cannot use ide.

>The reason is that ide-proc.o tries to compile as a module
>but it has mutual dependencies with ide.o. Even if it did not, it does
>not include <linux/module.h>.

This has been the case for the past several kernels. A quick fix is
to link ide.o and ide-proc.o together into a "super-module", i.e.

cd /lib/modules/2.1.78/block
ld -r -o ide_mod.o ide.o ide-proc.o
rm -f ide.o ide-proc.o
/sbin/depmod -a 2.1.78

This makes IDE work as a module, except that /proc/ide comes up empty.

-- 
Henrik Storner