Linker errors in 2.4.29 / unstable

Linker errors in 2.4.29 / unstable

[Jacob Gorm Hansen]

hi,

has anyone had success compiling linux 2.4.29 for Xen recently? With a 
default config (make menuconfig with all default options) I get the 
following linker error (does not look terribly Xen related I know):

ld -m elf_i386 -T 
/mnt/hda3/home/jacobg/ud2/xen--unstable--3.0/linux-2.4.29-xenU/arch/xen/vmlinux.lds 
-e stext arch/xen/kernel/head.o arch/xen/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o 
init/version.o init/do_mounts.o \
         --start-group \
         kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o 
arch/xen/kernel/kernel.o arch/xen/mm/mm.o arch/xen/drivers/evtchn/drv.o 
arch/xen/drivers/console/drv.o arch/xen/drivers/balloon/drv.o \
          drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o 
drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o arch/xen/drivers/blkif/drv.o 
arch/xen/drivers/netif/drv.o arch/xen/drivers/usbif/drv.o \
         net/network.o \
 
/mnt/hda3/home/jacobg/ud2/xen--unstable--3.0/linux-2.4.29-xenU/arch/xen/lib/lib.a 
/mnt/hda3/home/jacobg/ud2/xen--unstable--3.0/linux-2.4.29-xenU/lib/lib.a 
/mnt/hda3/home/jacobg/ud2/xen--unstable--3.0/linux-2.4.29-xenU/arch/xen/lib/lib.a 
\
         --end-group \
         -o vmlinux
net/network.o(.text+0x2549): In function `sock_setsockopt':
: undefined reference to `dev_get_by_name'
net/network.o(.text+0x256e): In function `sock_setsockopt':
: undefined reference to `netdev_finish_unregister'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1


Is this port still maintained and in use?

thanks,
Jacob

RE: Linker errors in 2.4.29 / unstable

[Ian Pratt]

 
> has anyone had success compiling linux 2.4.29 for Xen 
> recently? With a default config (make menuconfig with all 
> default options) I get the following linker error (does not 
> look terribly Xen related I know):

It looks like it failed to build last night in either 2.0-testing or
unstable.

>          --end-group \
>          -o vmlinux
> net/network.o(.text+0x2549): In function `sock_setsockopt':
> : undefined reference to `dev_get_by_name'
> net/network.o(.text+0x256e): In function `sock_setsockopt':
> : undefined reference to `netdev_finish_unregister'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>  
> Is this port still maintained and in use?

We are aiming to maintain it as a domU, but not as a dom0. I suspect its
not badly broken. Perhaps someone would volunteer to be 2.4 port
maintainer? It won't be much work.

Thanks,
Ian