Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for January 18 (__modver_version_show)

From: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:12:19 -0800

On 01/19/11 08:10, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 01/18/11 21:09, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi Randy,
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:17:49 -0800 Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm seeing this on several builds (i386 and x86_64):
>>>
>>> lib/built-in.o:(__modver+0x8): undefined reference to `__modver_version_show'
>>> lib/built-in.o:(__modver+0x2c): undefined reference to `__modver_version_show'
>>>
>>> It looks like the compiler or linker is dropping that function from the
>>> build since it cannot see any references to it...
>>> At least __modver_version_show is not in the kernel/params.o file.
>>
>> Do these builds have CONFIG_SYSFS set?
>>
> 
> Yes, they all do (50 random builds have CONFIG_SYSFS=y).

Gawd, what bad grepping this morning.

You hit the nail.  They do not have SYSFS enabled.

-- 
~Randy
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