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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:43:06 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
       Arun Prasad <arun@netlab.hcltech.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: 2.5.51 CRC32 undefined
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> On 7 Mar 2003, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > The problem is that crc32.o isn't actually linked into the kernel,
> > because no symbols from it are referenced when the linker is asked to
> > pull in lib/lib.a
> > 
> > Set CONFIG_CRC32=m. We probably shouldn't allow it to be set to 'Y' in
> > the first place., given the above.

The solution is to fix the problem, not force a module.

There are weirdos like Linus that don't use modules at all, and
other developers who still don't use modules due to the module
loader changes...

	Jeff




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