Greetings,
I am trying to dynamically load a video frambuffer module, rather than
compile it into the kernel (it is the Geode framebuffer module).
=== 1. Prior to modification, I get the following error when performing
a "make modules_install":
find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{}
pcmcia
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.18-i3m;
fi
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.4.18-i3m/kernel/drivers/video/geode/geode.o
depmod: PROC_CONSOLE
depmod: set_all_vcs
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 1
=== 2. I find that these functions are defined in the file:
linux-2.4.18/drivers/video/fbcon.c
So I add the following 2 lines to fbcon.c in order to export the
functions for use
by geode.o:
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_all_vcs);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(PROC_CONSOLE);
Once I recompile the kernel (make bzImage), I find that the System.map
is updated with the following entries:
c0185ed0 T PROC_CONSOLE
c0185f30 T set_all_vcs
So it appears that the kernel has proper (.text) entry points for my 2
newly exported functions.
=== 3. I then proceed with "make modules", and then "make
modules_install" - yet I still get the same error when make
modules_install completes:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.4.18-i3m/kernel/drivers/video/geode/geode.o
depmod: PROC_CONSOLE
depmod: set_all_vcs
make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 1
=== HELP!
Thanks,
Nat
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