Re: [2.6 patch] ISDN PCBIT: #ifdef MODULE some code

[Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 02:51:20AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <20030728202500.GM25402@fs.tum.de> you write:
> > I got the following error at the final linkage of 2.6.0-test2 if 
> > CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_PCBIT is compiled statically:
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> > 
> > ...
> >   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
> > ...
> > drivers/built-in.o(.exit.text+0xe183): In function `pcbit_exit':
> > : undefined reference to `pcbit_terminate'
> > make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> 
> AFAICT This is also broken in 2.4.22-rc2, which makes me wonder if
> anyone actually cares about this driver?
> 
> Taken anyway, for both.

It is used, I got some reports last year (but this card is only sold in
Portugal and is expensiv so far I know and so not so much people
using this card and linux).

Here 2 reasons why such thinks don't matter today:
1. 99% compile the ISDN stuff as module (and some parts are only work as
   modules)
2. In 2.4 the exit function is removed at compile time, if not compiled as
   modul.

I preparing lot of bugfixes for ISDN and 2.6, but testing needs much time and
many things are broken not only at compile time.

-- 
Karsten Keil
SuSE Labs
ISDN development