Re: Adding a system call to kernel

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue May 10 2005 - 00:32:22 EST


On Mon, 9 May 2005, jensen galan wrote:
> I am trying to add a system call to a 2.4 kernel.
> It's a simple system call which merely prints the
> value of xtime. The kernel recompiles OK, and my
> user-space program (p5_a.c) actually works using the
> added system call when I use syscall() and do not
> generate a stub. (The 2 versions of my user-space
> programs are included below). However, when I try to
> generate a stub in my user-space program using
> _syscall2(), I receive the following compilation
> error:
>
> # gcc -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -I
> /lib/modules/2.4.28-gentoo-r5/build/include -o p5_b
> p5_b.c
> /tmp/cc5nBrjZ.o(.text+0x23): In function
> 'pedagogictime':
> : undefined reference to 'errno'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Please include <errno.h>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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