Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-mm1] error compiling net driver NE2000/NE1000

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:29:21 +0100
Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@bull.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	When I compile the kernel 2.6.24-mm1 with:
> CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
> CONFIG_NE2000=y
> 
> I have the following compile error:
> ...
>   GEN     .version
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
>   CC      init/version.o
>   LD      init/built-in.o
>   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ne_block_output':
> linux-2.6.24-mm1/drivers/net/ne.c:797: undefined reference to `NS8390_init'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ne_drv_resume':
> linux-2.6.24-mm1/drivers/net/ne.c:858: undefined reference to `NS8390_init'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `ne_probe1':
> linux-2.6.24-mm1/drivers/net/ne.c:539: undefined reference to `NS8390_init'
> make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2

Thanks for reporting this.

> As I saw that the file 8390p.c is compiled for this driver, but not the file 
> 8390.c which contains this function NS8390_init(), I fixed this error with
> the following patch.

Alan's
8390-split-8390-support-into-a-pausing-and-a-non-pausing-driver-core.patch
would be a prime suspect.  I assume this bug isn't present ing mainline or
in 2.6.24?

> As NS8390p_init() does the same thing than NS8390_init(), I suppose that this is the right fix ?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@bull.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ne.c |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: b/drivers/net/ne.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/drivers/net/ne.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ne.c
> @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static int __init ne_probe1(struct net_d
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
>  	dev->poll_controller = eip_poll;
>  #endif
> -	NS8390_init(dev, 0);
> +	NS8390p_init(dev, 0);
>  
>  	ret = register_netdev(dev);
>  	if (ret)
> @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ retry:
>  		if (time_after(jiffies, dma_start + 2*HZ/100)) {		/* 20ms */
>  			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: timeout waiting for Tx RDC.\n", dev->name);
>  			ne_reset_8390(dev);
> -			NS8390_init(dev,1);
> +			NS8390p_init(dev,1);
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static int ne_drv_resume(struct platform
>  
>  	if (netif_running(dev)) {
>  		ne_reset_8390(dev);
> -		NS8390_init(dev, 1);
> +		NS8390p_init(dev, 1);
>  		netif_device_attach(dev);
>  	}
>  	return 0;