On Wed, 30 May 2007 16:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Wed, 30 May 2007, Luck, Tony wrote: > > > > > > `.exit.text' referenced in section `.init.text' of drivers/built-in.o: > > > defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/built-in.o > > > > > > This one is a fatal error ... the code is trying to call a function > > that has been marked __exit in a driver that has been built-in, instead > > of as a module. Since a builtin driver can never be unloaded, the kernel > > has thrown away all the __exit routines (at link time). > > > > The error message appears less than helpful in tracking down which > > routine in which driver is the problem though. > > Right. I have no idea where to look. The function has no name? Or is the > segment .exit.text referenced by namne in .init.text? Maybe 'objdump drivers/built-in.o and then grep that output (file) for /exit.text/ ... --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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