David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org) wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 01:58, Kunihiro Ishiguro wrote:
>> >Well, the kernel doesn't link for me when IPV6 is compiled as a module (config
>> >below) -- linking IPv6 in is fine.
>>
>> Here is a fix for xfrm6_get_type() link problem when IPv6 is
>> configured as a module.
>
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
>
> No. Do not ever use #ifdef CONFIG_xxx_MODULE. You should be able to
> build modules later by adding them to your config.
IPv6 has been an exception to this rule for a long time. For at least the
entire 2.4.x series, you have to recompile the entire kernel when you
enable the IPv6 module.
And no, I'm not saying I like it ;-)
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