I got the following compile error when trying to build 2.4.28-pre2 using gcc 3.4: <-- snip --> ... gcc-3.4 -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -fno-unit-at-a-time -I. -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lmc_media -c -o lmc_media.o lmc_media.c lmc_media.c: In function `lmc_t1_get_link_status': lmc_debug.h:50: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to 'lmc_trace': function body not available lmc_media.c:1073: sorry, unimplemented: called from here lmc_debug.h:50: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to 'lmc_trace': function body not available lmc_media.c:1168: sorry, unimplemented: called from here make[5]: *** [lmc_media.o] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.4/linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/drivers/net/wan/lmc' <-- snip --> The patch below fixes this issue by uninlining lmc_trace. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> --- linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_debug.h.old 2004-08-26 18:58:03.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_debug.h 2004-08-26 18:58:32.000000000 +0200 @@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ void lmcConsoleLog(char *type, unsigned char *ucData, int iLen); void lmcEventLog (u_int32_t EventNum, u_int32_t arg2, u_int32_t arg3); -inline void lmc_trace(struct net_device *dev, char *msg); +void lmc_trace(struct net_device *dev, char *msg); #endif --- linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_debug.c.old 2004-08-26 18:59:32.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.4.28-pre2-full/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_debug.c 2004-08-26 18:59:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ #endif } -inline void lmc_trace(struct net_device *dev, char *msg){ +void lmc_trace(struct net_device *dev, char *msg){ #ifdef LMC_TRACE unsigned long j = jiffies + 3; /* Wait for 50 ms */ - : 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