Re: [stable] build error with 2.6.27.6+reiser4+ehci-hub patch. ERROR: "mii_ethtool_gset" [drivers/net/r8169.ko] undefined!

From: Volker Armin Hemmann
Date: Fri Nov 14 2008 - 01:40:10 EST


On Freitag 14 November 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 01:26:19AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:45:19AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > with my old config from 2.6.27.5 (which has the same patches) I get
> > > > this error:
> > > > make all modules_install install
> > > > <snip>
> > > > OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/setup.bin
> > > > OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/vmlinux.bin
> > > > HOSTCC arch/x86/boot/tools/build
> > > > BUILD arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> > > > Root device is (9, 1)
> > > > Setup is 11436 bytes (padded to 11776 bytes).
> > > > System is 2180 kB
> > > > CRC 54816509
> > > > Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#1)
> > > > Building modules, stage 2.
> > > > MODPOST 136 modules
> > > > ERROR: "mii_ethtool_gset" [drivers/net/r8169.ko] undefined!
> > > > make[1]: *** [__modpost] Fehler 1
> > > > make: *** [modules] Fehler 2
> > >
> > > Francois, this is due to your commit
> > > 38d501ca6eb1f05d238bef785e51ca71dbfe0115, in the release, which was a
> > > backport of ccdffb9a88b2907b159538d7bfd6256621db4f84.
> > >
> > > Care to look into this?
> >
> > R8169 needs to select MII. You could cherry-pick
> > b73724921d906d1642f9f6d054079c6b095903fe.
>
> Yes, that looks correct, I'll do that.
>
> Volker, does this patch solve your problem?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

which patch? b73724921d906d1642f9f6d054079c6b095903fe? I don't use git&co and
I really don't know how to cherry pick one out of it. If I only have to set a
config option - that is not a problem, just an annoyance.

Glück Auf
Volker

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