smbfs confusion

[Volker Lendecke]

dwollmann at ibmhelp.com (David Wollmann) writes:

> When I compile I end up with:
> 
> ..
> /kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \
>         arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
> fs/f
> s.o ipc/ipc.o \
>         fs/filesystems.a \
>         net/network.a \
>         drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/misc/misc.a
> drivers/ne
> t/net.a \
>         /usr/src/linux-2.1.53/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
> /usr/src/linux-2.1.53/lib/lib.
> a /usr/src/linux-2.1.53/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
>         -o vmlinux
> fs/filesystems.a(smbfs.o): In function `smb_encode_path':
> smbfs.o(.text+0x12a): undefined reference to `i_dentry'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

Hello!

I must admit that I am a bit out of business with kernel development,
but once smbfs was my baby. 2.1.53 is really old, do you really need
*this* kernel? It is possible that you caught an inconsistent one.

Volker