Bug 77801 - e100 driver will not compile into kernel
Summary: e100 driver will not compile into kernel
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-11-13 20:44 UTC by Dario Landazuri
Modified: 2008-08-01 16:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-30 15:40:11 UTC
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Description Dario Landazuri 2002-11-13 20:44:54 UTC
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Description of problem:
The e100 driver in the latest errata kernel (2.4.18-17.7.x) will not compile
statically into the kernel.  It can be compiled as a module, though.  However,
this doesn't work if you want to do a netboot, for example, and don't want to
use the eepro100 driver.  This is similar to bug #76026

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure your kernel (menu, x, whatever), and select to build the e100
driver as a static part of the kernel, not a module
2. Do the typical make clean dep bzImage
	

Actual Results:  Linking errors when trying to compile in the e100 driver.

ld -m elf_i386  -r -o net.o e100/e100.o Space.o setup.o net_init.o loopback.o
auto_irq.o
ld: cannot open e100/e100.o: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [net.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.7.x/drivers/net'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.7.x/drivers/net'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_net] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.7.x/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2




Expected Results:  The driver would have compiled in cleanly.

Additional info:

I have kinda hacked together a patch for the Makefile in
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.7.x/drivers/net/e100.  I'll attach it after I submit
the bug.  I would appreciate feedback on it, as I don't know if it's just an
ugly hack, or what.  It just worked.

Thanks.

Comment 1 Dario Landazuri 2002-11-13 20:47:36 UTC
The patch I was referring to is below:

--- Makefile.orig       Tue Nov 12 15:11:10 2002
+++ Makefile    Tue Nov 12 16:07:02 2002
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 # Makefile for the Intel's E100 ethernet driver
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_NET_E100) += e100.o
+O_TARGET := e100.o
 
-e100-objs := e100_main.o e100_config.o e100_proc.o e100_phy.o \
-            e100_eeprom.o e100_test.o
+obj-y := e100_main.o e100_config.o e100_proc.o e100_phy.o \
+         e100_eeprom.o e100_test.o
+obj-m := $(O_TARGET)
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/Rules.make
 
-e100.o: $(e100-objs)
-       $(LD) -r -o $@ $(e100-objs)
-


Comment 2 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:40:11 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/



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