I'm doing regular compile tests with 2.4 and 2.5 kernels to catch and
either fix or report compile errors.
Since several revisions 2.5 has the _very_ annoying behavior of showing
link errors in the wrong files. This makes finding the cause of the
problems harder.
As an example look at the following link error in 2.4.21-pre3-ac2:
<-- snip -->
...
ld -m elf_i386 -T
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.20-ac/arch/i386/vmlinux.
lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o
init/main.o init/version.o init/do_mounts.o \
--start-group \
arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o
mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
drivers/acpi/acpi.o drivers/parport/driver.o
drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o
drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/net/fc/fc.o
drivers/net/appletalk/appletalk.o drivers/net/tokenring/tr.o drivers/net/wan/wan.o
drivers/net/arcnet/arcnetdrv.o drivers/atm/atm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o
drivers/message/fusion/fusion.o drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394drv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o
drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/mtd/mtdlink.o
drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o
drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o drivers/net/wireless/wireless_net.o
drivers/char/pcmcia/pcmcia_char.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o
drivers/block/paride/paride.a drivers/net/hamradio/hamradio.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o
drivers/media/media.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o drivers/message/i2o/i2o.o
drivers/net/irda/irda.o drivers/i2c/i2c.o drivers/telephony/telephony.o drivers/md/mddev.o
drivers/bluetooth/bluetooth.o drivers/hotplug/vmlinux-obj.o
drivers/isdn/vmlinux-obj.o arch/i386/math-emu/math.o \
net/network.o \
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.20-ac/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.20-ac/lib/lib.a
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.20-ac/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.text.init+0xa0bc): In function `siolx_init':
: undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/atm/atm.o(.text.init+0x21): In function `idt77252_exit':
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.20-ac/drivers/atm/idt77252.c:
undefined reference to `ia_detect'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
<-- snip -->
With these error messages it's easy to identify the problems.
Compare this to the following output in 2.5.55:
<-- snip -->
...
ld -m elf_i386 -e stext -T arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.s
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/built-in.o
--start-group usr/built-in.o arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o
arch/i386/mm/built-in.o arch/i386/mach-default/built-in.o
kernel/built-in.o mm/built-in.o fs/built-in.o ipc/built-in.o
security/built-in.o crypto/built-in.o lib/lib.a arch/i386/lib/lib.a
drivers/built-in.o sound/built-in.o arch/i386/math-emu/built-in.o
arch/i386/pci/built-in.o arch/i386/oprofile/built-in.o net/built-in.o
--end-group -o .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x17daa9): In function `lanai_module_init':
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c: undefined
reference to `__udivdi3'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x17e6ab):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `__udivdi3'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x17f73a):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `__udivdi3'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x1810bf):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `__udivdi3'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x183125):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `__udivdi3'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x1ac9e5):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `awc_work'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x23747a):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `__bad_udelay'
drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x44c7): In function
`nicstar_module_exit':
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/nicstar.c:408:
undefined reference to `mxser_init'
drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x518fc): In function `lanai_module_init':
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c: undefined
reference to `_ebss'
drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x51901):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `_ebss'
drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x5191b):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `_ebss'
drivers/built-in.o(.data+0x73154):/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.5/linux-2.5.55/drivers/atm/lanai.c:
undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .exit.text'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
<-- snip -->
The references to drivers/atm/lanai.c are complete nonsense, e.g. the
cause for the awc_work problem is in drivers/net/aironet4500* .
I'm using the gcc 2.95 and binutils 2.13.90.0.16 from Debian unstable.
cu
Adrian
--"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
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