[ipxe-devel] [SOLVED] Re: Compilation error since git pull

[Patrick Agrain]

Hello Michael,

Thanks for the hint. That's it ! Add the 'PROVIDE_REQUIRING_SYMBOL();' 
and it compiles.

Concerning your second suggestion: I think that I already try to make 
this approch, but IIRC, it was not working, because I also had to manage 
an external PHY from Marvell.

Thanks for your help
Regards,
Patrick Agrain

Le 17/03/2015 09:36, Michael Brown a écrit :
> On 17/03/15 07:44, Patrick Agrain wrote:
>> A week ago, I've made a 'git pull' on my ipxe repository. Since that
>> time the igb driver that I added several weeks ago (and successfully
>> compiled and tested on a Mohon Peak CRB) does not compile anymore with
>> following error:
>> <snip>
>>    [BUILD] bin/igb_82575.o
>>    [BUILD] bin/igb_api.o
>>    [BUILD] bin/igb.o
>> /tmp/cc9m9Wi1.s: Assembler messages:
>> /tmp/cc9m9Wi1.s:12: Error: invalid offset expression
>> /tmp/cc9m9Wi1.s:11: Error: invalid offset expression
>> make: *** [bin/igb.o] Error 1
>> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>> [root at localhost src]#
>
> My guess is that you are using the REQUIRE_SYMBOL() macro.  The usage 
> of this macro changed to address an issue with current versions of 
> binutils:
>
>   http://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git/commitdiff/fbc4ba4
>
> All code in the tree was fixed up to meet the new usage requirements: 
> you should be able to figure out the required fix from looking at the 
> changes in that commit.
>
> However, an even simpler fix should be to just add the relevant 
> PCI_ROM() line to drivers/net/intel.c, which already supports the igb 
> NIC.
>
> Michael