netdev - Re: 2.6.38 Compile Failure e1000e Module

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Message-ID: <1300288617.3202.10.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:16:57 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Frank Peters <frank.peters@...cast.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.38 Compile Failure e1000e Module

Le mercredi 16 mars 2011 à 10:33 -0400, Frank Peters a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I cannot compile kernel 2.6.38.  Apparently, there is a build failure
> with the e1000e module (ethernet driver).  The brief error message is this:
> 
> ERROR: "crc32_le" [drivers/net/e1000e/e1000e.ko] undefined!
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> 
> My compiler is gcc-4.5.2 on a Gentoo x64 system.  The kernel source
> is the stock source from kernel.org.
> 
> Please CC to frank.peters (at) comcast.net.

Hi Franck

Probably coming from commit fe46f58fa61f02
(e1000e: use either_crc_le() rather than re-write it)

Could you try following patch ?

Thanks

[PATCH] e1000e: fix kconfig for crc32 dependency

ERROR: "crc32_le" [drivers/net/e1000e/e1000e.ko] undefined!

Reported-by: Frank Peters <frank.peters@...cast.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/Kconfig |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 0382332..90d1d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2098,6 +2098,7 @@ config E1000
 
 config E1000E
 	tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
+	select CRC32
 	depends on PCI && (!SPARC32 || BROKEN)
 	---help---
 	  This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit


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