Re: Compile Error on 2.6.17-mm6

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Jul 08 2006 - 20:46:03 EST


On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:22:16 -0400
Matt Reuther <mreuther@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is the error:
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> UPD include/linux/compile.h
> CC init/version.o
> LD init/built-in.o
> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0xe282): In function
> `cpu_request_microcode':
> arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c:544: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0xe304):arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c:573:
> undefined reference to `release_firmware'

CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m
CONFIG_MICROCODE=y

So

config MICROCODE
tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
depends on FW_LOADER

is not sufficient. There's a fix for this, but I cannot remember what it
is. Help.

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