Re: [RFC][PATCH] fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved symbols

[Kirill Korotaev]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 05:47:25PM +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
>
> > At stage 2 modpost utility is used to check modules.
> > In case of unresolved symbols modpost only prints warning.
> >
> > IMHO it is a good idea to fail compilation process in case of
> > unresolved symbols, since usually such errors are left unnoticed,
> > but kernel modules are broken.
>
>
> The primary reason why we do not fail in this case is that building
> external modules often result in unresolved symbols at modpost time.
>
> And there is many legitime uses of external modules that we shall support.
ok. is it ok for you to introduce new Make target 'modules_check'?

Thanks,
Kirill
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