Re: init/main.c

Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:53:39 -0700

Chris Kloiber writes:
> Just joined the list, and whipped throuh the FAQ. Then the
> MAINTAINERS list. Can't really find a better place to ask this
> question. I admit I am not in your league and will mostly lurk and
> attempt to learn through osmosis if necessary.

Cough! Seems you whipped through the FAQ too quickly. In glowing red
letters, right near the top of the FAQ, is the link to the kernel
newsflash page.

> All of the 2.3 kernels I have attempted to compile fail at
> init/main.c because it is missing a declaration for memory_start. I
> tried inserting the definition from the 2.2.13 version of
> init/main.c:
>
> extern unsigned long memory_start = 0;

And the kernel newsflash page indeed talks about this problem.

Regards,

Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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