hi! i've been been coding a LKM that should be able to use variables, that are declared as extern. i am using a 2.4.20 kernel. the module is based on some code of kernel/module.c. (http://lxr.linux.no/source/kernel/module.c) well, i tried different stuff with that LKM now. take as an example: i have the tulip module loaded. with my LKM i can make use of extern const char * const medianame[]; (http://lxr.linux.no/source/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.h) and display it, when using the same declaration in my LKM. but for some strange reason i cannot use variables that were declared a similar way in .c files in the kernel source tree. for example: extern const struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[]; (kernel/module.c) why can i access extern vars from header files and not from source C files, that have been compiled as part of my current kernel? thank you for your time! regards, threadhead ______________________________________________________________________________ WEB.DE FreeMail wird 5 Jahre jung! Feiern Sie mit uns und nutzen Sie die neuen Funktionen http://f.web.de/features/?mc=021130 -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
