Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932399AbVJRDHN (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:07:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932400AbVJRDHN (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:07:13 -0400 Received: from hulk.hostingexpert.com ([69.57.134.39]:23118 "EHLO hulk.hostingexpert.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932399AbVJRDHL (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:07:11 -0400 Message-ID: <435466E4.5020807@linuxtv.org> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:07:16 -0400 From: Michael Krufky User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cyber Dog CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is DVB stuff compiling? References: <435465AC.3070506@linuxtv.org> In-Reply-To: <435465AC.3070506@linuxtv.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hulk.hostingexpert.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - linuxtv.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1381 Lines: 46 Michael Krufky wrote: > Cyber Dog wrote: > >> # >> # Multimedia devices >> # >> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set >> >> # >> # Digital Video Broadcasting Devices >> # >> # CONFIG_DVB is not set >> >> Which is what I would expect. So why are these things compiling into >> the kernel even if they're not selected? Or am I missing something >> about the process? Kernel 2.6.13.3 here. Thanks. > > If you go look, you will notice that all of those built-in.o are zero > bytes large. We've already fixed this in kernel 2.6.14 by preventing > the build of these empty units with the following patch (you can > safely apply it to 2.6.13.y): I forgot to mention... You CAN apply the patch in my previous message if it bothers you enough, but it won't have any real affect on your kernel, as those built-in.o are all empty anyway. > > Don't build empty built-in.o when DVB/V4L is not configured. > Thanks to Sam Ravnborg and Keith Owens. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach > ...and I hate it when Thunderbird does stuff like this when I cut&paste email addresses :-( -- Michael Krufky - 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/