Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:18:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: amvandemore@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel. Message-ID: <201209110818.q8B8I63n086935@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3jTsjktbyb5nwpS8RoAXFYodTOn6n8SGP8vFZEqBafLQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Robert Bonomi > <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>wrote: > > > > > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 > > > > I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous > > devices/options removed. > > > > I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but when I follow the > > directions on the ndis(4) manpage, and add: > > options NDISAPI device ndis and try to re-compile the kernel > > (config, cd, make depend, make), linking fails, with: > > if_ndis.o(.text+0x1104): In function 'ndis_detach': > > : undefined reference to 'ndis_free_amem' > > if_ndis.o(.text+0x1194): In function 'ndis_attach': > > : undefined reference to 'ndis_alloc_amem' > > > > Obviously, the config file is missing 'something' -- does anybody have > > any ideat _what_ that something is? > > > > > It seems you need > > device pccard > > and whatever that depends upon if anything. This was also pointed out to me privately by another respondant. Adding just 'device pccard' did solve the problem. I've filed a bug report on the code in question -- the _run-time_ check for a PCMCIA/Cardbus/PC-card device should be bracketed with a COMPILE-TIME check for pccard support in the kernel.
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