Apparently net_init.o is missing from export-objs in
drivers/net/Makefile in kernel 2.4.3.pre8, which causes network modules
to fail to load.
Additionally, trying to compile IPX in 2.4.3pre8 results in the
following errors:
make[2]: Entering directory `/mdk/src/linux-2.4.3/net/ipx'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/mdk/src/linux-2.4.3/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
/mdk/src/linux-2.4.3/include/linux/modversions.h -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c
af_ipx.c
af_ipx.c: In function `ipxrtr_route_packet':
af_ipx.c:1545: warning: passing arg 4 of `sock_alloc_send_skb_R05cfeed4'
makes integer from pointer without a cast
af_ipx.c:1545: too few arguments to function
`sock_alloc_send_skb_R05cfeed4'
af_ipx.c: At top level:
af_ipx.c:2534: unknown field `sendpage' specified in initializer
af_ipx.c:2534: `sock_no_sendpage' undeclared here (not in a function)
af_ipx.c:2534: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
af_ipx.c:2534: warning: (near initialization for `ipx_dgram_ops')
make[2]: *** [af_ipx.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mdk/src/linux-2.4.3/net/ipx'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_ipx] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mdk/src/linux-2.4.3/net'
make: *** [_mod_net] Error 2
These patches fix the above problems:
===========================================================================
--- linux-2.4.3pre8.orig/drivers/net/Makefile Mon Mar 26 13:16:17 2001
+++ linux/drivers/net/Makefile Mon Mar 26 12:03:26 2001
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
# This list comes from 'grep -l EXPORT_SYMBOL *.[hc]'.
export-objs := 8390.o arlan.o aironet4500_core.o aironet4500_card.o
ppp_async.o \
- ppp_generic.o slhc.o pppox.o auto_irq.o
+ ppp_generic.o slhc.o pppox.o auto_irq.o net_init.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_TULIP),y)
obj-y += tulip/tulip.o
=============================================================================
--- linux-2.4.3pre8.orig/net/ipx/af_ipx.c Mon Mar 26 13:17:08 2001
+++ linux/net/ipx/af_ipx.c Mon Mar 26 13:14:52 2001
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@
ipx_offset = intrfc->if_ipx_offset;
size = sizeof(struct ipxhdr) + len + ipx_offset;
- skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, size, noblock, &err);
+ skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, size, 0, noblock, &err);
if (!skb)
goto out_put;
@@ -2531,7 +2531,6 @@
sendmsg: ipx_sendmsg,
recvmsg: ipx_recvmsg,
mmap: sock_no_mmap,
- sendpage: sock_no_sendpage,
};
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>