From: Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
To: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG report] UML linux-2.6 latest BK doesn't compile
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:37:22 +0100
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On Tuesday 08 February 2005 19:29, Jeff Dike wrote:
> aia21@cam.ac.uk said:
> > arch/um/kernel/exec_kern.c:59: undefined reference to `__bb_init_func'
>
> The __bb_init_func export is to allow modules to be built with a
> gcov-enabled UML.  I get a bunch of undefines in the module links when I
> get rid of it.
>
> This is probably being too intimate with libc, and yours probably doesn't
> have __bb_init_func.
>
> Try the patch below and see if it helps.  Modules won't work, but you
> should get a working UML.

Why not simply disable CONFIG_GCOV for him, in this case?

Sorry for my previous answer, I was misleaded by the error message (which 
*does not* make sense). And it's the first time anybody sees a such error 
message, in my experience, so please post more details about your glibc (and 
whether gcov is installed).
-- 
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729
http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade

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