unresoved symbol __ffs

[dkey]

On Friday 02 July 2004 05:32, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Robert Lippmann wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > haven't seen this covered before, but when i try to use recent snapshots
> > (late june-ish), i get this unresolved symbol when building a 2.4.26
> > kernel using linux-mips.  i assume it's because the compiler
> > sets --disable-builtins when compiling.  it occurs in cfi_cmdset_0001.c
> > oddly, the file compiles without warnings.  oh, and i'm using gcc 3.3.2
>
> __ffs should be defined in linux/asm/bitops.h.  It is defined for MIPS as
> follows in 2.6.7:
>

but in 2.4.x kernels, it is defined as ffs (without leading underscores), so 
maybe the code should be adapted to fit 2.6 and 2.4 kernels.

greets dkey