Re: 2.5.0/2.5.31 wont compile if you enable frame buffer for voodoo3 cards

[Billy Tiemann]

Here are the exact errors as promised:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.30/init'
Generating /usr/src/linux-2.5.30/include/linux/compile.h (updated)
gcc -Wp,-MD,./.version.o.d -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.5.30/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=version   -c -o version.o version.c
ld -m elf_i386  -r -o init.o main.o version.o do_mounts.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.30/init'
ld -m elf_i386 -T arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o
init/init.o --start-group arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o
arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o
security/built-in.o /usr/src/linux-2.5.30/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.5.30/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
drivers/built-in.o sound/sound.o arch/i386/pci/pci.o
net/network.o --end-group -o vmlinux
drivers/built-in.o(.data+0x94f4): undefined reference to `local
symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

The only things changed (litterally) is that I did not enable CONFIG_FB

--- .config     Wed Aug 14 23:41:31 2002
+++ .config.old Wed Aug 14 23:17:29 2002
@@ -721,33 +721,7 @@
#
# Frame-buffer support
#
-CONFIG_FB=y
-CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
-# CONFIG_FB_CLGEN is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
-# CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
-# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
-CONFIG_FB_3DFX=y
-# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set
-# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
-# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
-CONFIG_FBCON_ACCEL=y
-# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
-# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
-CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
-CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
+# CONFIG_FB is not set

Help me get the 800x600 console we all strive for =)
Billy Tiemann

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