Re: [PLUG] Kernel Compilation Error

[Kevin Brosius <kbrosius@kns.com>]

William Shank wrote:
> 
> I get the following error when compiling a 2.4.14 kernel:
> 
> drivers/block/block.o In function `lo_send':
> drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x2146):undefined reference to `deactivate_page'
> drivers/block/block.o(.text+0x2183):undefined reference to `deactivate_page'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> It seems to happen when I try to compile loopback support into the kernel.
> If I make loopback a module, the kernel will compile, but making modules
> fails.
> 
> anyone else encounter this? any ideas on how to fix?
> 
> thanks

I believe that's a known problem in 2.4.14...

Here's a link:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100501982007894&w=2

Supposedly you can delete the two lines in the source that reference
'deactivate_page'.  (Personally, I'm waiting for the
2.4.[10,11,12,13,14,?] series to settle down...)

-- 
Kevin Brosius

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