On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:13:59 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > so here's the end result of my experiment to replace unnecessary > code snippets with an invocation of the ARRAY_SIZE() macro from > include/linux/kernel.h. i've attached the script that i ran on the > entire tree, then (after adding al viro's connector patch), did: > > $ make allyesconfig # for the stress factor > $ make > > to see what would happen. > > amazingly, the compile worked all the way down to: > > AS arch/i386/boot/bootsect.o > LD arch/i386/boot/bootsect > AS arch/i386/boot/setup.o > LD arch/i386/boot/setup > AS arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.o > CC arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.o > OBJCOPY arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin > HOSTCC arch/i386/boot/compressed/relocs > arch/i386/boot/compressed/relocs.c: In function 'sym_type': > arch/i386/boot/compressed/relocs.c:72: warning: implicit declaration of > function 'ARRAY_SIZE'
That's a userspace program and shouldn't use kernel.h. > /tmp/ccRTpFxM.o: In function `main': > relocs.c:(.text+0xb13): undefined reference to `ARRAY_SIZE' > relocs.c:(.text+0xddb): undefined reference to `ARRAY_SIZE' > relocs.c:(.text+0xe10): undefined reference to `ARRAY_SIZE' > relocs.c:(.text+0xe2b): undefined reference to `ARRAY_SIZE' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/relocs] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2 > make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
