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

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Jan 19 2011 - 11:11:00 EST


On 01/18/11 21:09, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:17:49 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> 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).

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