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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Help building kernel
To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 22:28:53 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199605200841.BAA07339@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at "May 20, 96 01:41:40 am"
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As Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
> 
> Help!  I'm trying to build a kernel on 2.1.0-Release, and I can't get
> it to work.  Every time it goes to link I get these two errors:
> 
> init_main.o: Undefined symbol `_dummyinit' referenced
> kern_xxx.o: Undefined symbol `_dummy_cleanup' referenced

Interesting.  Both are defined just one line before they are used.
Are you sure you're using the stock 2.1 `ld'?

Try declaring them as non-static, and see if the linker will find
them.

(Terry has been posting a 25-page :) article about the technology of
the used linker sets recently.  You should be able to find it by this
keyword using the WWW interface to the mailing list archives.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)