Re: Problem with using spinlocks when kernel is compiled withoutsmp-support

[Robert Hancock]

Dirk Henning Gerdes wrote:
> Hello Andrew!
>
> I have the following problem on 2.6.15-rc5-mm1
>
> When compiling a module using spinlocks I get the following
> error-message, when SMP is disabled in my Kernel-config:

..

> shouldn't it be possible to use spinlocks in my code even if I don't
> support SMP for compatiblity ?

Yes, it is, something must be set up wrong in your compilation. In 
particular, are you trying to use old 2.4-style makefiles to build 
instead of one that calls the kernel's build system? If so, don't, it 
doesn't work..

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