I thought I'd build a nice slim 'n trim kernel for one of my machines... so I went and did a make config, then did 'make zImage' and got:
ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x100000 -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o init/main.o init/version.o \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o net/network.a \ fs/filesystems.a \ drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/net/net.a drivers/pci/pci.a \ /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a -o vmlinux init/main.o: In function `start_kernel': init/main.o(.text+0x8fb): undefined reference to `bigphysarea_init' init/main.o(.data+0xf0): undefined reference to `scsi_luns_setup' init/main.o(.data+0xf8): undefined reference to `st_setup' init/main.o(.data+0x100): undefined reference to `msmouse_setup' init/main.o(.data+0x108): undefined reference to `ppa_setup' init/main.o(.data+0x118): undefined reference to `bigphysarea_setup' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o: In function `restore_i387': arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x9c2): undefined reference to `restore_i387_soft' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o: In function `save_i387': arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.text+0xc32): undefined reference to `save_i387_soft' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o: In function `do_signal': arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x13e9): undefined reference to `math_emulate' kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x104): undefined reference to `bigphysarea_alloc' kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x10c): undefined reference to `bigphysarea_free' kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x114): undefined reference to `bigphysarea' fs/fs.o: In function `sys_setup': fs/fs.o(.text+0xd9fe): undefined reference to `init_ext_fs' fs/fs.o(.text+0xda26): undefined reference to `init_smb_fs' fs/fs.o(.text+0xda2b): undefined reference to `init_iso9660_fs' fs/fs.o(.text+0xda30): undefined reference to `init_sysv_fs' fs/fs.o(.text+0xda35): undefined reference to `init_hpfs_fs' fs/fs.o(.text+0xda3a): undefined reference to `init_ufs_fs' drivers/block/block.a(ll_rw_blk.o): In function `blk_dev_init': ll_rw_blk.o(.text+0xedc): undefined reference to `loop_init' drivers/block/block.a(genhd.o): In function `device_setup': genhd.o(.text+0x7ed): undefined reference to `scsi_dev_init' drivers/char/char.a(misc.o): In function `misc_init': misc.o(.text+0x240): undefined reference to `psaux_init' misc.o(.text+0x245): undefined reference to `ms_bus_mouse_init' drivers/net/net.a(Space.o): In function `ethif_probe': Space.o(.text+0x22): undefined reference to `tc59x_probe' Space.o(.text+0x2f): undefined reference to `el3_probe' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 Which bugs me since most of the things it's bitching about aren't even in my .config! Help! --Zachary PS: my .config is: # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set # CONFIG_KERNELD is not set # # General setup # # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_NET=y # CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_MCA is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y # CONFIG_M386 is not set CONFIG_M486=y # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_BIGPHYS_AREA is not set # # Floppy, IDE, and other block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y # # Note: most of these also require special kernel boot parameters # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD6580 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672 is not set # # Additional Block Devices # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # # Networking options # # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_FORWARD is not set # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y # CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y # # (it is safe to leave these untouched) # # CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set # CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_AX25 is not set # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set # # SCSI support # # CONFIG_SCSI is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=y # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set # CONFIG_PPP is not set # CONFIG_SLIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y # CONFIG_EL1 is not set CONFIG_EL2=y # CONFIG_EL3 is not set # CONFIG_VORTEX is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_MCA is not set # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Filesystems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_LOCK_MANDATORY is not set CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=y # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_ISO9660_FS is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_DIGI is not set # CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set # CONFIG_STALDRV is not set # CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set # CONFIG_PRINTER is not set # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_UMISC is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set CONFIG_RTC=y # # Sound # # CONFIG_SOUND is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_PROFILE is not set -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 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