Re: linux-2.6.22-rc5-g7c8545e build #298 failed b/c of Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:amd_init_mtrr

[Tom Spink]

On 20/06/07, Tom Spink <tspink@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 20/06/07, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > the build with the attached .config failed, make ends with:
> <snippedy-doo-dah>
>
> Hi,
>
> The build seems to fail because of:
> ERROR: "ROOT_DEV" [drivers/mtd/maps/nettel.ko] undefined!
>
> After taking a quick look at the code, I can't immediately see why
> this would be, since there is an include for linux/root_dev.h at the
> top, there.
>
> There's only one occurrence of ROOT_DEV (line 425), and after a quick
> look at the git history, it seems the include was originally missing,
> but was put back in, in commit
> 6cc449c7d0292cb9b993f0df84fd3225e3099492.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tom Spink
> University of Edinburgh

Hi,

After further inspection, I *think* it's because nettel is being built
as a module, and it's trying to reference ROOT_DEV, which is not
exported.

--
Regards,
Tom Spink
University of Edinburgh
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