[2.6 patch] let IEEE1394 select NET

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 02:24:43PM +0300, Artemio wrote:

> Hello all!

Hi Artemio!

> I am trying to compile a clean, non-patched 2.6.6 kernel from right from 
> kernel.org, using gcc 3.3.2. I have tried both gcc 3.3.2 in uclibc i386 root 
> distribution and gcc 3.3.2-6mdk in mandrake 10.0. With both gcc's, at the end 
> of all, I get:
> 
> [make output]
>   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x6ef62): In function `hpsb_alloc_packet':
> : undefined reference to `alloc_skb'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x6f68f): In function `hpsb_packet_sent':
> : undefined reference to `skb_unlink'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x6f82d): In function `hpsb_send_packet':
> : undefined reference to `skb_queue_tail'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x70199): In function `abort_requests':
> : undefined reference to `skb_dequeue'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x7025b): In function `queue_packet_complete':
> : undefined reference to `skb_queue_tail'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x702bf): In function `hpsbpkt_thread':
> : undefined reference to `skb_dequeue'
> drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x6f006): In function `hpsb_free_packet':
> : undefined reference to `__kfree_skb'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> [/make output]
> 
> Could someone please tell me what to do? :-/
> 
> I'd really appreciate any help. 
>...

Thanks for this report.

FireWire support requires Networking support.

The following patch lets FireWire support automatically select 
Networking support:

--- linux-2.6.7-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig.old	2004-05-29 14:07:55.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.7-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig	2004-05-29 14:08:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 config IEEE1394
 	tristate "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
+	select NET
 	help
 	  IEEE 1394 describes a high performance serial bus, which is also
 	  known as FireWire(tm) or i.Link(tm) and is used for connecting all


> Artemio.

cu
Adrian

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