From: Hiroshi Shimamoto CC net/core/dev.o net/core/dev.c:1001: error: redefinition of 'dev_load' include/linux/netdevice.h:1645: error: previous definition of 'dev_load' was here make[2]: *** [net/core/dev.o] Error 1 dev_load() is not used when CONFIG_MODULE disabled. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- net/core/dev.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN net/core/dev.c~net-fix-compilation-ng-when-config_module net/core/dev.c --- a/net/core/dev.c~net-fix-compilation-ng-when-config_module +++ a/net/core/dev.c @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change); * privileges this function loads the module. If module loading is not * available in this kernel then it becomes a nop. */ - +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name) { struct net_device *dev; @@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const cha if (!dev && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) request_module("%s", name); } +#endif /** * dev_open - prepare an interface for use. _