Re: newbie needs help with modules

[Michel <dae...@st...>]

Gordon Huby wrote:

> > > > ser_hypercom4.o: unresolved symbol unregister_serial
> > > > ser_hypercom4.o: unresolved symbol register_serial
> > > >
> > > > Fred
> > > >
> > >
> > > I can only answer for serial driver's code:
> > > With IOBlix driver i found a similar problem with register_serial()
> > > & unregister_serial() functions.
> > > I used m68k_register_serial() & m68k_unregister_serial() instead,
> > > interfacing myself with Roman Hodek's m68kserial driver and the problem
> > > was solved.
> 
> Yes, but unregister_serial and register_serial are in apus_setup.c.
> 
> So why don't the modules see that symbol?

I imagine because there is no EXPORT_SYMBOL for them - they could be added to
arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c I guess.


> > This may be a quick fix for that problem, however AFAIK the m68kserial isn't
> > accepted by Linus and isn't in the native tree nor our 2.4 tree, which should
> > really be our primary development target now. There's a new amiga serial
> > driver - amiserial.c - in 2.4 .
> 
> I think I did mention that to Fred :-) Anyway I'm working on a new
> driver for 2.3. This time, the hypercom1 driver is going to use the
> generic_serial.c code.

Very good!


> > I'd like to have mainly only bug fixes (apart from the upgrade to 2.2.16, if
> > anyone really wants to do that...) in the 2.2 tree from now on.
> 
> 2.2.16 supports IP Masquerading, So I would like to see that done.

2.4 also supports that, it even provides compatibility to 2.2 ipchains.


Michel


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