Bug 79341 – speedtouch make gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.10-r6 compile fails

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM

[Description navidson 2005-01-24 08:01:31 UTC]

when speedtouch friver is "y" in kernel configuration , compiling the kernel make fails
CC      init/version.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xcb9b7): In function `speedtch_find_firmware':
: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xcba30): In function `speedtch_find_firmware':
: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xcba64): In function `speedtch_find_firmware':
: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xcbb31): In function `speedtch_load_firmware':
: undefined reference to `release_firmware'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xcbb57): In function `speedtch_load_firmware':
: undefined reference to `release_firmware'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Erreur 1

but compiling it as a module (speedtch.o) works well

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6
2.in configuration make speedtouch usb driver "yes"
3.make

Actual Results:  
cannot compile kernel

Expected Results:  
compile kernel works

[Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-02-09 07:57:10 UTC]

Please upload your .config as plain text attachment.

[Comment 2 navidson 2005-02-09 10:16:10 UTC]

Created attachment 50841 [details]
.config kernel file

[Comment 3 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-02-11 08:41:17 UTC]

You need CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y

[Comment 4 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-04-13 08:58:04 UTC]

Upstream don't seem too bothered, closing as user error.