[TriLUG] help - kernel complie error

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 13:40, Greg wrote:

> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_hid_event':
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xdecd): undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xdf4a): undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xdfa1): undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xe026): undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_connect':
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xe24c): undefined reference to
> `input_register_device'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_hid_event':
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xdf0d): undefined reference to `input_event'
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o: In function `hidinput_disconnect':
> drivers/usb/usbdrv.o(.text+0xe269): undefined reference to
> `input_unregister_device'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> On a hunch I thought his must have something to do with the USB system
> so I mucked around in there and couldn't find anything too terribly
> incorrect (though, as we may recall I'm still new to this).  I'll copy
> the stuff related to USB at the end of this e-mail.

Exerpted from the help message off CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT:

You also need Input layer support, (CONFIG_INPUT) which you select under
"Input core support".

This is very likely the source of your error. Make sure that
CONFIG_INPUT and CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV are enabled.

~spot
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