CONFIG_SYSFS=n fails to build due to mismatch of conditions for uevent_seqnum and uevent_helper. kernel/built-in.o(.data+0x1d40): undefined reference to `uevent_helper' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x5c1): In function `kobject_uevent': /build/rc6/source/lib/kobject_uevent.c:152: undefined reference to `uevent_seqnum' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x5d0):/build/rc6/source/lib/kobject_uevent.c:152: undefined reference to `uevent_seqnum' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x901):/build/rc6/source/lib/kobject_uevent.c:182: undefined reference to `uevent_helper' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x910):/build/rc6/source/lib/kobject_uevent.c:182: undefined reference to `uevent_helper' Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura --- linux-2.6.16-rc6.orig/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2006-03-14 08:57:23.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2006-03-14 08:52:57.000000000 -0500 @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ #define NUM_ENVP 32 /* number of env pointers */ #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) +u64 uevent_seqnum; +char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug"; + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock); static struct sock *uevent_sock; --- linux-2.6.16-rc6.orig/kernel/sysctl.c 2006-03-14 09:17:09.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6/kernel/sysctl.c 2006-03-14 09:24:32.000000000 -0500 @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = { .strategy = &sysctl_string, }, #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) { .ctl_name = KERN_HOTPLUG, .procname = "hotplug", --- linux-2.6.16-rc6.orig/kernel/ksysfs.c 2006-03-14 08:57:31.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6/kernel/ksysfs.c 2006-03-14 09:38:44.000000000 -0500 @@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ #include #include -u64 uevent_seqnum; -char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug"; - #define KERNEL_ATTR_RO(_name) \ static struct subsys_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name) @@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ static struct subsys_attribute _name##_a static struct subsys_attribute _name##_attr = \ __ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_show, _name##_store) -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) /* current uevent sequence number */ static ssize_t uevent_seqnum_show(struct subsystem *subsys, char *page) { @@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ decl_subsys(kernel, NULL, NULL); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_subsys); static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = { -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) &uevent_seqnum_attr.attr, &uevent_helper_attr.attr, #endif --- linux-2.6.16-rc6.orig/include/linux/kobject.h 2006-03-14 10:00:20.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6/include/linux/kobject.h 2006-03-14 09:59:52.000000000 -0500 @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ #include #define KOBJ_NAME_LEN 20 + +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET) #define UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN 256 /* path to the userspace helper executed on an event */ @@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ extern char uevent_helper[]; /* counter to tag the uevent, read only except for the kobject core */ extern u64 uevent_seqnum; +#endif /* the actions here must match the proper string in lib/kobject_uevent.c */ typedef int __bitwise kobject_action_t;