From: James Bottomley > the build (.config attached) failed, make ends with : > ... > UPD include/linux/compile.h > CC init/version.o > LD init/built-in.o > LD vmlinux > drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr': > (.text+0x33bab): undefined reference to `request_firmware' > drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr': > (.text+0x33c3f): undefined reference to `release_firmware' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 There's a slight fault in the stub logic. It fails for FW_LOADER=m and the user =y. This should fix it. This patch fixes the following 2.6.26-rc regression: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10730 Reviewed-by: Toralf Foerster Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/linux/firmware.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/firmware.h~firmware-fix-the-request_firmware-dummy include/linux/firmware.h --- a/include/linux/firmware.h~firmware-fix-the-request_firmware-dummy +++ a/include/linux/firmware.h @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct firmware { struct device; -#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) +#if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || (defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) && defined(MODULE)) int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name, struct device *device); int request_firmware_nowait( _