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Date:      Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:20:38 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        FTG staff <jin@george.lbl.gov>, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, jin@eubie.lbl.gov
Subject:   Re: what is changed in 3.0 for "ld" making lkm module
Message-ID:  <19980930172038.06916@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199809301437.HAA03587@george.lbl.gov>; from FTG staff on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:37:12AM -0700
References:  <199809301437.HAA03587@george.lbl.gov>

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On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:37:12AM -0700, FTG staff wrote:
> It looks the "cc" also needs a "-aout" switch for compiling, because
> "ld -r -aout" will complain the objects that compiled without "-aout"
> *.o: malformed input file (not rel or archive)
> 
> Do you happen to know what is -aout directive doing? It was not used
> in FreeBSD before.

It switch to using the a.out format for executables/object files (instead of
ELF).

> } I think you'd find it convenient to use bsd.kmod.mk to create LKMs -
> } it abstract the actions for building the LKM, thus avoiding such
> } distruption.  Look the the cvs log for it for exact details of what
> } has changed WRT building LKMs.
> 
> Do you know if there is any example for using bsd.kmod.mk to build LKMs?

All the LKMs that's part of FreeBSD.   Just look at their Makefiles.

Eivind.

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