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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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