2.4.18 link problem

[Grant Morphett]

I couldn't link 2.4.18 either.  I patched to 2.4.18-rc4 (which is now 2.4.19-pre1
due to a kernel release hiccup) and all the problems went away.

cheers

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:20:03 +1000 (EST) Brett Worth scribbled:

>I'm trying to get 2.4.18 running and have a very strange problem.  It just
>wont link for me.
>
>My source tree is an rsync of ftp.samba.org::vger-2.4 and says its 2.4.18.
>Is it possible that there's something missing?  I've grep'd for 
>ip_route_me_harder and it doesn't seem to be declared anywhere.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
>arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
>init/version.o \
>        --start-group \
>        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
>fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
>         drivers/parport/driver.o drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o
>drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o
>drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o
>drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o \
>        net/network.o \
>        /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
>/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
>        --end-group \
>        -o vmlinux
>net/network.o: In function `dev_queue_xmit_nit':
>net/network.o(.text+0x5e79): undefined reference to `get_fast_time'
>net/network.o: In function `netif_rx':
>net/network.o(.text+0x6248): undefined reference to `get_fast_time'
>net/network.o(__ksymtab+0x940): undefined reference to `ip_route_me_harder'
>make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>-- 
>Brett
>
>
>



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