No i have'nt tried what u've suggested. i'll try it out and tell u what happened.... thanx mandeep -----Original Message----- From: Lukas Ruf [mailto:ruf@rawip.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:04 PM To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: kernel does not compile with ARM patch applied > Mandeep Singh Sandhu <mandeep_sandhu@infosys.com> [2004-01-20 > 06:44]: > > Hi all, > > i recently downloaded the arm patch (patch-2.4.18-rmk1.gz) and the > vanilla kernel 2.4.18 the patch got applied without ne problems. > only when i was doing a make bzImage (after make dep) it gave the > error in driver/char/char.o saying unresolved reference to kbd_bh in > char.o. I checked the pc_kbd.c file but there there is no fxn like > kbd_bh. I would like to know which file is making this char.o and > why is the compilation failing > eMail Style Guide: <http://www.rawip.org/style.html> -- set your line lenth to 70 characters! ./drivers/char/keyboard.c:static void kbd_bh(unsigned long dummy) Have you tried to run 'cp .config config-2.4.18 make mrproper cp config-2.4.18 .config make oldconfig dep bzImage' wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf | Wanna know anything about raw | <http://www.lpr.ch> | IP? -> <http://www.rawip.org> | eMail Style Guide: <http://www.rawip.org/style.html>| -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/