Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

Gabriel C
2007-07-23T01:29:55Z

Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 02:04:24PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> Lots of architecture updates (for just about all of them - x86[-64], arm,
>> alpha, mips, ia64, powerpc, s390, sh, sparc, um..), lots of driver updates
>> (again, all over - usb, net, dvb, ide, sata, scsi, isdn, infiniband,
>> firewire, i2c, you name it).
>>
> Some of the driver model changes that went in result in a link error:
>
> CC init/version.o
> LD init/built-in.o
> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `store_uevent':
> : undefined reference to `kobject_actions'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>
> Haven't bisected it yet, but I suppose it's pretty obvious to whoever made the
> changes. ;-)

CONFIG_HOTPLUG=n :)

Try this patch :
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/driver/kobject-fix-link-error-when-config_hotplug-is-disabled.patch

Regards,

Gabriel