Various files under lib/ are linked into a .a so they only get linked if needed. But many of these functions are also EXPORT_SYMBOL()ed.
This doesn't really make sense: if it's exported it really needs to be present. Certain configurations can hit this (lguest uses kasprintf, and can be a module). We could do something hacky and try to figure out if any modules need the symbols, which screws modules built later, but is no worse than a CONFIG_-based solution. Or to we just move all the exported functions out of the .a? Cheers, Rusty. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/