It seems the following compile error when trying to compile sdla,c statically into the kernel comes from Linus' tree: <-- snip --> ... CC drivers/net/wan/sdla.o drivers/net/wan/sdla.c: In function `sdla_cmd': drivers/net/wan/sdla.c:443: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast drivers/net/wan/sdla.c: In function `exit_sdla': drivers/net/wan/sdla.c:1685: `sdla0' undeclared (first use in this function) drivers/net/wan/sdla.c:1685: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once drivers/net/wan/sdla.c:1685: for each function it appears in.) make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wan/sdla.o] Error 1 <-- snip --> I'm not sure whether the following is the best solution but it fixes the problem: --- linux-2.5.70-mm3/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c.old 2003-05-31 15:49:52.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.5.70-mm3/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c 2003-05-31 15:50:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -1662,12 +1662,10 @@ return 0; } -#ifdef MODULE static struct net_device sdla0 = { .name = "sdla0", .init = sdla_init }; -#endif /* MODULE */ static int __init init_sdla(void) { cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html