Hello, while trying to compile 2.4.18-pre9, I got this error:
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/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/f
s.o ipc/ipc.o \
drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/n
et/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o dri
vers/isdn/isdn.a drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/dr
iver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/net/hamradio/hamradio.
o drivers/i2c/i2c.o drivers/md/mddev.o \
net/network.o \
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/lin
ux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
fs/fs.o: In function `generic_cont_expand':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x3eab): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o: In function `cont_prepare_write':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x3fa9): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x4095): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o: In function `block_truncate_page':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x42e9): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o: In function `block_symlink':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x4aa8): undefined reference to `page_cache_release'
fs/fs.o(.text+0x4ad5): more undefined references to `page_cache_release' follow
make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
root@penny:/usr/src # gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs
gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
ii binutils 2.11.92.0.12.3 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
Thanks
Pf
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