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David Kesselring wrote:

>Can someone please confirm that loading and unloading of kernel modules is
>functioning in the  2.4 release?
>
>When I try to load a wlan module that I compiled (with mipsel-*) I get
>relocation errors. I used the same options as I did to compile the kernel
>(for MIPS Malta board). If you have any ideas, please let me know.
>
>  
>
Modules also require compiling with -mlong-calls in addition to the 
"normal" kernel options.

David Daney.