2001-11-06 09:45:35

by Scott White

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Subject: 2.4.14 doesn't compile: drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x13cb7): undefined reference to `register_serial'


I hope this is of use to you all. I am unable to compile 2.4.14 on my
system. I will start looking into it.

[root@lian linux]# make oldconfig
....
[root@lian linux]# make clean && make dep && make && make modules &&
make modules_install
....
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=athlon -c -o mmx.o mmx.c
rm -f lib.a
ar rcs lib.a checksum.o old-checksum.o delay.o usercopy.o getuser.o
memcpy.o strstr.o mmx.o
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
init/version.o \
--start-group \
arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o
drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o
drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o
drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o
drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o drivers/net/wireless/wireless_net.o
drivers/video/video.o \
net/network.o \
/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/lib/lib.a
/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o: In function `register_serial_portandirq':
drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x13cb7): undefined reference to
`register_serial'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1




[root@lian linux]# uname -a
Linux lian 2.4.10-ac5 #2 Fri Oct 5 19:13:16 BST 2001 i686 unknown
[root@lian linux]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: PCI device 10b9:1647 (Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi])
(rev 2).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf3ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5247 (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=14.
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 3).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=80.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf001000 [0xdf001fff].
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev 196).
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge
[Aladdin IV] (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
(rev 120).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd47f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf000000 [0xdf00007f].
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev
16).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=24.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc PCI0649 (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc07].
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe407].
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe803].
I/O at 0xec00 [0xec0f].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU (rev 0).
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX)
(rev 178).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdc000000 [0xdcffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff].



2001-11-06 14:11:25

by Justin Piszcz

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Subject: Re: 2.4.14 doesn't compile: drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x13cb7):undefined reference to `register_serial'

I have a similiar problem.
Any idea yet on how to fix it?

Scott White wrote:

> I hope this is of use to you all. I am unable to compile 2.4.14 on my
> system. I will start looking into it.
>
> [root@lian linux]# make oldconfig
> ....
> [root@lian linux]# make clean && make dep && make && make modules &&
> make modules_install
> ....
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/include -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
> -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
> -march=athlon -c -o mmx.o mmx.c
> rm -f lib.a
> ar rcs lib.a checksum.o old-checksum.o delay.o usercopy.o getuser.o
> memcpy.o strstr.o mmx.o
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib'
> ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
> arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
> init/version.o \
> --start-group \
> arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
> fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
> drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o
> drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o
> drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o
> drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o
> drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o drivers/net/wireless/wireless_net.o
> drivers/video/video.o \
> net/network.o \
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/lib/lib.a
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
> --end-group \
> -o vmlinux
> drivers/char/char.o: In function `register_serial_portandirq':
> drivers/char/char.o(.text+0x13cb7): undefined reference to
> `register_serial'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>
> [root@lian linux]# uname -a
> Linux lian 2.4.10-ac5 #2 Fri Oct 5 19:13:16 BST 2001 i686 unknown
> [root@lian linux]# cat /proc/pci
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: PCI device 10b9:1647 (Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi])
> (rev 2).
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf3ffffff].
> Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
> PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5247 (rev 0).
> Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=14.
> Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
> USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 3).
> IRQ 10.
> Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=80.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf001000 [0xdf001fff].
> Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
> IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev 196).
> Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
> I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge
> [Aladdin IV] (rev 0).
> Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
> (rev 120).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
> I/O at 0xd400 [0xd47f].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf000000 [0xdf00007f].
> Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
> Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev
> 16).
> IRQ 10.
> Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=24.
> I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
> Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
> RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc PCI0649 (rev 2).
> IRQ 10.
> Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
> I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc07].
> I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
> I/O at 0xe400 [0xe407].
> I/O at 0xe800 [0xe803].
> I/O at 0xec00 [0xec0f].
> Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
> Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU (rev 0).
> Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX)
> (rev 178).
> IRQ 5.
> Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdc000000 [0xdcffffff].
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd7ffffff].
>
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