Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:15:18 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Nagesh Akula <Nagesh.Akula@Emulex.Com> Cc: "freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZLIB FreeBSD 9.1 version + deflateInit_ Symbol not found Message-ID: <20141103191517.GE8852@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <383FAC81A1B4D54E8BF7C31A699555FF11DE48DA@CMEXMB1.ad.emulex.com> References: <383FAC81A1B4D54E8BF7C31A699555FF11DE48DA@CMEXMB1.ad.emulex.com>
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Nagesh Akula wrote this message on Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 06:28 +0000:
> I am trying to add compression algorithm within the kernel module.
>
> For this, I have included <net/zlib.h> library calls.
>
> With this getting an linker error,
> in FreeBSD 9.1 OS version, getting kldload linker error on deflateInit_ symbol.
>
> link_elf_obj: symbol deflateInit_ undefined
> linker_load_file: Unsupported file type
>
> But, in FreeBSD 10.0 version, the zlib library is able to link properly, and module is working fine.
>
> Please let me know, if there is any way to link ZLIB with our module in FreeBSD 9.1 ?
This is probably because zlib is only compiled when using one of the
following device/options in FreeBSD: crypto, geom_uzip, ipsec, mxge,
netgraph_deflate, ddb_ctf, gzio, or geom_uncompress...
Are you trying to compile you're code as a module or as a static part
of the kernel?
If you're doing it as a part of the kernel, then you need to update
sys/conf/files to include your device/option on the line that has
net/zlib.c on it...
As for why it works on 10, but not 9, is that DDB_CTF was added to
GENERIC, and DDB_CTF forces the inclusion of zlib... So, you could
possibly load a module that uses zlib, or if that doesn't work, recomile
your kernel to include such a device...
Let me know if you have any more questions..
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