kernel 2.4.19 error with usbcore.o

kernel 2.4.19 error with usbcore.o

[Daya Cooppan]

Hi

I think there is a bug in kernel 2.4.19 under the usb section. I 
proceeded to build kernel 2.4.19 on a RH7.3, DELL SMP system. I have a 
wireless usb mouse, usb SanDisk, etc. Anyway the problem showed up when 
I was trying to get the usb mouse to work. This is not a new system ...I 
did have all the hw and sw components working under 2.4.5.

The default for the USB section is to included USB support (y) in the 
kernel. I am assuming the usbcore.o got incorporated into the kernel 
build tree during [make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make 
modules_install]. I continued to get mousedev errors ...verified that I 
had mouse support, hid support, uhci support, all this look good. As 
soon as I changed "USB Support" from (y) to (m), i.e. made usbcore.o a 
loadable module WALLA! usb devices started to work. Question: Is there a 
bug with (y) support for "USB Support" ?

I also noticed usbdrv.o resulted in errors when included (y) in the kernel:
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s.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/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o 
drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o 
drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o 
drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o 
drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/arch/i386/lib/lib.a 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_hid_event':
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12b05): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12bae): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12c0e): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12c31): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12c4f): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_connect':
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12ebc): undefined reference to 
`input_register_device'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_hid_event':
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12b30): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12b9b): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12bd6): undefined reference to `input_event'
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_disconnect':
drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0x12ed9): undefined reference to 
`input_unregister_device'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
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Any ideas ?

Right now I am using usbcore.o as a loadable module and every thing 
works fine.

Please cc me at dcooppan@attbi.com

Take Care,
Daya

Re: kernel 2.4.19 error with usbcore.o

[Brad Hards]

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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:23, Daya Cooppan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think there is a bug in kernel 2.4.19 under the usb section. I
> proceeded to build kernel 2.4.19 on a RH7.3, DELL SMP system. I have a
> wireless usb mouse, usb SanDisk, etc. Anyway the problem showed up when
> I was trying to get the usb mouse to work. This is not a new system ...I
> did have all the hw and sw components working under 2.4.5.
It has been reported before, but I couldn't reproduce it.

> The default for the USB section is to included USB support (y) in the
> kernel. I am assuming the usbcore.o got incorporated into the kernel
> build tree during [make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make
> modules_install]. I continued to get mousedev errors ...verified that I
> had mouse support, hid support, uhci support, all this look good. As
> soon as I changed "USB Support" from (y) to (m), i.e. made usbcore.o a
> loadable module WALLA! usb devices started to work. Question: Is there a
> bug with (y) support for "USB Support" ?
Can you provide an exact copy of the CONFIG_USB and CONFIG_INPUT lines from
your kernel .config for a working case, and a broken case?

> I also noticed usbdrv.o resulted in errors when included (y) in the kernel:
This is probably important :-|
Looks like some include breakage. I'll take another look if you send me the
two cases for the kenrel .config.
<snip>

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Re: kernel 2.4.19 error with usbcore.o

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 11:23:40PM -0500, Daya Cooppan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> The default for the USB section is to included USB support (y) in the 
> kernel. I am assuming the usbcore.o got incorporated into the kernel 
> build tree during [make dep; make bzImage; make modules; make 
> modules_install]. I continued to get mousedev errors ...verified that I 
> had mouse support, hid support, uhci support, all this look good. As 
> soon as I changed "USB Support" from (y) to (m), i.e. made usbcore.o a 
> loadable module WALLA! usb devices started to work. Question: Is there a 
> bug with (y) support for "USB Support" ?

No, you need to set CONFIG_INPUT to y if you are also selecting the HID
driver to be compiled into the kernel.  That should solve your problem.

thanks,

greg k-h