Re: [BUG report] UML linux-2.6 latest BK doesn't compile

From: Blaisorblade (blaisorblade_at_yahoo.it)
Date: 02/08/05

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    To: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:37:22 +0100

    On Tuesday 08 February 2005 19:29, Jeff Dike wrote:
    > aia21@cam.ac.uk said:
    > > arch/um/kernel/exec_kern.c:59: undefined reference to `__bb_init_func'
    >
    > The __bb_init_func export is to allow modules to be built with a
    > gcov-enabled UML. I get a bunch of undefines in the module links when I
    > get rid of it.
    >
    > This is probably being too intimate with libc, and yours probably doesn't
    > have __bb_init_func.
    >
    > Try the patch below and see if it helps. Modules won't work, but you
    > should get a working UML.

    Why not simply disable CONFIG_GCOV for him, in this case?

    Sorry for my previous answer, I was misleaded by the error message (which
    *does not* make sense). And it's the first time anybody sees a such error
    message, in my experience, so please post more details about your glibc (and
    whether gcov is installed). 

    -- 
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729
http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade
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