> I have checked out latest linux-2.4-xfs branch and copied my old .config
> from the same box and ran make oldconfig.
>
> I was prompted as expected for "PAGEBUF" and "XFS", but not for kdb. When
> compiling, however, compiling kdb failed. I went into "Kernel Haking" and
> enabled "Kernel Hacking" and disabled kdb.
>
> So:
> 1. Why was kdb enabled without prompting me?
> 2. Why do I need to enable kernel hacking in orderto be able to disable kdb?
> 0. kdb doesn't compile
Actually the kernel doesn't compile, even without kdb, so probably most of
the issues from my previous e-mail vanish:
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gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/local/src/linux-2.4-xfs/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-pr
ototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointe
r -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -c -o traps.o traps.c
traps.c: In function `unknown_nmi_error':
traps.c:584: warning: implicit declaration of function `kdb'
traps.c:584: `KDB_REASON_NMI' undeclared (first use in this function)
traps.c:584: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
traps.c:584: for each function it appears in.)
make[1]: *** [traps.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.4-xfs/linux/arch/i386/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
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Thanks,
florin
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