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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <7b9198260706201406w4a49bb81n5ebb2d45691a6a42@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:06:32 +0100
From:	"Tom Spink" <tspink@...il.com>
To:	"Toralf Förster" <toralf.foerster@....de>
Cc:	rgooch@...f.csiro.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-2.6.22-rc5-g7c8545e build #298 failed b/c of Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:amd_init_mtrr

On 20/06/07, Tom Spink <tspink@...il.com> wrote:
> On 20/06/07, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de> 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
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/