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Kernel 2.2 and device driver/modules

Post by davi » Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:29:14



I'm converting a device driver for an Avtec high speed serial I/O card
from the 2.0.X kernel to the 2.2.X kernel

Other then a few changes in the 'C' function profiles very little was
done to get  the code to compile without warnings.  The 2.2 code didn't
come with a Makefile so I modified a Makefile I used with the 2.0 code.

However, when I use insmod to load the module I got alot of unresolved
referneces, several of which are my variables, but most are system
variables and/or functions.

Was there a big change in the kernel from 2.0 to 2.2 that would cause
all of the unresolved variables and functions or I am doing something
really stupid here.

 I was thinking I had problems in 3 areas

    1. The makefile wasn't configured right and didn't compile or link
the code into a module correctly.

    2.  insmode was not resolving all the references

    3. Either the kernel has been radically changed from 2.0 to 2.2 or
the symbols were not being exported.

here's a list of unresolved references.

bh_active
boot_cpu_data
check_region
del_timer
disable_irq
enable_irq
free_dma
free_irq
interruptible_sleep_on
interruptible_sleep_on_timeout
jiffies
printk
register_chrdev
release_region
request_dma
request_irq
request_region
schedule_timeout
tq_immediate
tq_timer
unregister_chrdev

I am using a Caldera 2.3 distribution with a 2.2.10 kernel.

P.S.

The return email address is bad.

 
 
 
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Kernel 2.2 and device driver/modules

Post by tlin » Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:11:37


See below.


Quote:> I'm converting a device driver for an Avtec high speed serial I/O card
> from the 2.0.X kernel to the 2.2.X kernel

> Other then a few changes in the 'C' function profiles very little was
> done to get  the code to compile without warnings.  The 2.2 code didn't
> come with a Makefile so I modified a Makefile I used with the 2.0 code.

> However, when I use insmod to load the module I got alot of unresolved
> referneces, several of which are my variables, but most are system
> variables and/or functions.

> Was there a big change in the kernel from 2.0 to 2.2 that would cause
> all of the unresolved variables and functions or I am doing something
> really stupid here.

>  I was thinking I had problems in 3 areas

>     1. The makefile wasn't configured right and didn't compile or link
> the code into a module correctly.

Possible, and also make sure you boot up the system with the right kernel.

Quote:

>     2.  insmode was not resolving all the references

This may not be the problem, I did use some timer and irq in 2.2.16 kernel.
So I think the system should export them.

Quote:

>     3. Either the kernel has been radically changed from 2.0 to 2.2 or
> the symbols were not being exported.

Same reason as 2.

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Quote:

> here's a list of unresolved references.

> bh_active
> boot_cpu_data
> check_region
> del_timer
> disable_irq
> enable_irq
> free_dma
> free_irq
> interruptible_sleep_on
> interruptible_sleep_on_timeout
> jiffies
> printk
> register_chrdev
> release_region
> request_dma
> request_irq
> request_region
> schedule_timeout
> tq_immediate
> tq_timer
> unregister_chrdev

> I am using a Caldera 2.3 distribution with a 2.2.10 kernel.

> P.S.

> The return email address is bad.


 
 
 
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Kernel 2.2 and device driver/modules

Post by Peter T. Breue » Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:09:21



> Was there a big change in the kernel from 2.0 to 2.2 that would cause

Yes.

Quote:> all of the unresolved variables and functions or I am doing something
> really stupid here.

Yes.

Quote:>     3. Either the kernel has been radically changed from 2.0 to 2.2 or
> the symbols were not being exported.

That's the answer. 2.2. is a major new release number. It's incompatible
with 2.0.

Quote:> here's a list of unresolved references.
> bh_active
> boot_cpu_data
> check_region
> del_timer
> disable_irq
> enable_irq
> free_dma
> free_irq
> interruptible_sleep_on
> interruptible_sleep_on_timeout
> jiffies
> printk

 ^^^^^^^

Impossible. Printk is in the kernel! So you are doing something else
stupid. Possibly not compiling with -O? Or compiling for a kernel
without module support (oh, module support has chanegd radically)?
You do have flags -O2 -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE ?

Peter

 
 
 
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Kernel 2.2 and device driver/modules

Post by el.. » Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:37:01




Quote:>Impossible. Printk is in the kernel! So you are doing something else
>stupid. Possibly not compiling with -O? Or compiling for a kernel
>without module support (oh, module support has chanegd radically)?
>You do have flags -O2 -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE ?

Think MODVERSIONS.  This is such an FAQ.

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