Re: linux module problem with new kernel

[Robert Garrett <rg70@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Schulhof wrote:
> OK,  the problem started with
>
> src/sys/conf/Makefile.i386, changed Feb 16th
>
> Summary: Compile the kernel with -fno-common to guarentee that we do not
> accidently put non-extern'd variable declarations in header files.  Our
> module loader no longer deals with commons so duplicate declarations can
> cause kldloaded modules to fail, and its sloppy programming anyway.
>
>
> That's about as far as I can take it today.
>
>
> BTW, my email is not rrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Sorry about that.
>
> --Rob
Yes, -fno-common is the culprit, as to the fix, I will look at it later 
tonight and see what I can find.

world builds kernel builds everything is fine, just a few little niches 
that need to be touched upon matt.
we are working on those..

Rob