Re: Compile Error on 2.6.17-mm6

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Sun Jul 09 2006 - 00:33:26 EST


On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:44:48 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:34:24 -0700
> "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:43:47 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:22:16 -0400
> > > Matt Reuther <mreuther@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here is the error:
> > > > CHK include/linux/compile.h
> > > > UPD include/linux/compile.h
> > > > CC init/version.o
> > > > LD init/built-in.o
> > > > LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> > > > arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0xe282): In function
> > > > `cpu_request_microcode':
> > > > arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c:544: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
> > > > arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0xe304):arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c:573:
> > > > undefined reference to `release_firmware'
> > >
> > > CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m
> > > CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
> > >
> > > So
> > >
> > > config MICROCODE
> > > tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
> > > depends on FW_LOADER
> > >
> > > is not sufficient. There's a fix for this, but I cannot remember what it
> > > is. Help.
> >
> > That 1-line depends patch fixes the problem for me (on x86-64,
> > but they are the same in this area).
> >
>
> What patch is that?

My -mm6 does not have "depends on FW_LOADER" like you wrote above,
so I thought that you had added that 1-line as a patch.



From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

MICROCODE needs FW_LOADER functions.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/i386/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- linux-2617-mm6.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ linux-2617-mm6/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ config X86_GOOD_APIC

config MICROCODE
tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel CPU microcode support"
+ depends on FW_LOADER
---help---
If you say Y here the 'File systems' section, you will be
able to update the microcode on Intel processors. You will
--- linux-2617-mm6.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ linux-2617-mm6/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS

config MICROCODE
tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
+ depends on FW_LOADER
---help---
If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
'File systems' section, you will be able to update the microcode on



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