Hello Cooker! I'm playing with compiling in ACPI support into the Mandrake kernel, and I patched the 2.4.18-13mdk kernel source with the acpi-20020404 from the ACPI project at sourceforg, and another small patch for improved support on my laptop (hp zt-1170) For the most part, the acpi patch went in fine, but I had to hand-merge a few chunks. I was able to compile bzImage just fine, but when I tried to make modules, I got about a zillion pages of errors, mostly relating to cdrom and floppy modules. I switch floppy support to a built in (even though I don't have a floppy disk) and was still unable to compile the modules. I had trouble believing that I could compile in floppy support, but not compile it as a moodule, so I tried compiling from un-molested 2.4.18-13mdk source, using the .config file from my patched source, and that failed to build the modules as well:
acpi_serial.c: In function `setup_serial_acpi': acpi_serial.c:139: `ACPI_SERIAL_CONSOLE_PORT' undeclared (first use in this function) acpi_serial.c:139: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once acpi_serial.c:139: for each function it appears in.) acpi_serial.c:143: `ACPI_SERIAL_DEBUG_PORT' undeclared (first use in this function) make[3]: *** [acpi_serial.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-13mdk/drivers/char' make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-13mdk/drivers/char' make[1]: *** [_subdir_char] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-13mdk/drivers' make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2 [root@localhost linux-2.4.18-13mdk]# So, I am curious if there are problems known about compiling some things as modules rather than built-in? I can supply a list of items I selected for modular compilation, if there is interest. -Chuck. +-% He's a real UNIX Man $-+--------------------------------------+ | Sitting in his UNIX LAN | Charles A. Shirley | | Making all his UNIX plans | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +------# For nobody @------+--------------------------------------+
