From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 04:46:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 04:45:54 -0500 Received: from WYPP-p-144-134-137-121.prem.tmns.net.au ([144.134.137.121]:1540 "EHLO mail.bigpond.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 04:45:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:44:14 +1030 From: Richard To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Kernel 2.4.14 link error Message-ID: <20011107154414.A809@Gromit> Reply-To: richard.how@bigpond.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is my first nervous attempt at kernel stuff (sweat, panic...) Kernel 2.4.14 does not link if loopback device is enabled. The link fails with unresolved extern reference "deactivate_page" in block.o This function is called from drivers/block/loop.c and is located in in mm/swap.c for kernel 2.4.13 but not for 2.4.14. I made a copy of loop.c commented out the references (2) to deactivate_page and compiled as a module, which seems to work just fine. Hope this helps