Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> New information:
>>
>> The error message appears when I deactivate the "Networking support"
>> from the options.
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:11:34 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> > Hi. I'm trying to compile a kernel for my fresh LFS 6.0 (installed
>> > usin 
> g
>> > the ALFS profile).
>> >
>> > I'm getting an Error Message:
>> >
>> > LD   .tmp_vmlinux1
>> > drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x823cd): In function 'hpsb_alloc_packet':
>> > : undefined reference to 'alloc_skb'
>> > (a few more messages like above)
>> > make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>> >
>> > What's wrong?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Carlos
> 
>  You've got a problem with your .config - in theory, all of the
> dependencies for the various source files are correctly recorded in
> the Kconfig system, in practice errors happen.
> 
>  First identify which files refer to alloc_skb, and where it is
>  defined, 
> then look at the Makefiles to see what will cause the object file to
> be created.
> 

<snip>

>From linux-2.6.10
Curious - alloc_skb is defined in net/core/skbuff.c, which (at the top 
level net tree) depends on CONFIG_NET. The actual error above is from 
drivers/ieee1394 (i.e. firewire) - which doesn't depend on CONFIG_NET.

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