Kernel Compile Error

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2008-03-03 13:00, Win32 Win32 <win32_win32 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I tried to compile an custom kernel, and i've got a lot of errors.
> I don't know what is the problem, even when i try to compile with
> GENERIC conf file i've got same link errors.  So, what should i do ?

The problem is that you trimmed / commented out too much stuff...

> # Wireless NIC cards
> #device        wlan        # 802.11 support
> #device        wlan_wep    # 802.11 WEP support
> #device        wlan_ccmp    # 802.11 CCMP support
> #device        wlan_tkip    # 802.11 TKIP support
> #device        wlan_amrr    # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
> #device        wlan_scan_ap    # 802.11 AP mode scanning
> #device        wlan_scan_sta    # 802.11 STA mode scanning
[...]
> # USB support
[...]
> device        rum        # Ralink Technology RT2501USB wireless NICs
>
> ============ linker error =================
>
> linking kernel
> if_ural.o(.text+0x713): In function `ural_free_tx_list':
> : undefined reference to `ieee80211_free_node'

`rum' is a wireless NIC driver.  You need `wlan' options to compile into
the kernel.