hi,
On Mar 1, 4:59pm, james rich wrote:
> Subject: Re: building 2.4.2 (with XFS) fails
> > ...
> > The empty file is probably created by the shell redirect in..
> > [drivers/char/Makefile, line 202]
> > defkeymap.c: defkeymap.map
> > loadkeys --mktable defkeymap.map | sed -e 's/^static *//' >
> > defkeymap.c
>
> Can someone explain why defkeymap.c from XFS CVS needs loadkeys and the
> same file from stock 2.4 doesn't? Does XFS 2.4 need to regenerate this
> file or something? defkeymap.c from stock 2.4 is fine, what is different
> for XFS?
>
>From a discussion with Keith the other day, I believe
this is because the XFS tree has kdb patched in and kdb
needs access to some of the (otherwise static) symbols
in defkeymap.c - Keith, correct me if I'm wrong.
cheers.
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Nathan
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