Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:10:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:10:04 -0500 Received: from cc78409-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl ([212.120.97.185]:54508 "EHLO dexter.hensema.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:10:03 -0500 From: Erik Hensema Subject: Re: Linux v2.5.61 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20030215135345.GA16783@merlin.emma.line.org> <87ptptx9z1.wl@ipinfusion.com> <1045389793.2068.39.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: erik@hensema.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 995 Lines: 26 David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org) wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 01:58, Kunihiro Ishiguro wrote: >> >Well, the kernel doesn't link for me when IPV6 is compiled as a module (config >> >below) -- linking IPv6 in is fine. >> >> Here is a fix for xfrm6_get_type() link problem when IPv6 is >> configured as a module. > >> +#if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE) > > No. Do not ever use #ifdef CONFIG_xxx_MODULE. You should be able to > build modules later by adding them to your config. IPv6 has been an exception to this rule for a long time. For at least the entire 2.4.x series, you have to recompile the entire kernel when you enable the IPv6 module. And no, I'm not saying I like it ;-) -- Erik Hensema - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/