On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, John Levon wrote:
> > I have some code (X) that gets compiled into the kernel and a module (Y).
> > Now X defines some function pointers that i need to access in Y.
>
> OK.
>
> > So I exported the pointers using EXPORT_SYMBOL and by compiling file X
> > using OX_OBJ. This should allow it to export symbols.
>
> hmm, rather old kernel ?
yeah...its a 2.2.18 kernel...i picked up the Makefiles of some of the SCSI
drivers to hack.
> > But somehow, module Y is still not able to find the symbols.
>
> Does it appear in /proc/ksyms ? If so, then you're building your module
> wrongly.
Nope it does NOT appear in /proc/ksyms.
What are the includes necessary for EXPORT_SYMBOL? Is MODVERSIONS necessary?
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