Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Erik Hensema <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.5.61 | Date | Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:20:00 +0000 (UTC) |
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David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org) wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 01:58, Kunihiro Ishiguro wrote: >> >Well, the kernel doesn't link for me when IPV6 is compiled as a module (config >> >below) -- linking IPv6 in is fine. >> >> Here is a fix for xfrm6_get_type() link problem when IPv6 is >> configured as a module. > >> +#if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE) > > No. Do not ever use #ifdef CONFIG_xxx_MODULE. You should be able to > build modules later by adding them to your config.
IPv6 has been an exception to this rule for a long time. For at least the entire 2.4.x series, you have to recompile the entire kernel when you enable the IPv6 module.
And no, I'm not saying I like it ;-)
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