From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 01:58:41 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] A Couple of Questions on 2.4.18 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2002 17:57:24 -0700, Alberto Munoz said: Alberto> Hello Everyone, I just upgraded my Linux kernel to 2.4.18 Alberto> and have a couple of questions: Alberto> - I am having trouble dynamically loading NFS. It complains Alberto> about an unresolved external (memset). Poking around Alberto> through the IA64 files (ia64_ksyms.c) I noticed that memset Alberto> is no longer exported (as it was in 2.4.9), instead Alberto> __memset_generic is being exported. Is there anything I am Alberto> failing to do to get external modules to resolve memset to Alberto> __memset_generic? Alberto> - acpi.c (in arch/ia64/kernel) is forced to be included Alberto> with the IA64 kernel, but if one wants to run that kernel Alberto> on top of the SKI simulator (which does not have ACPI), the Alberto> kernel refuses to compile because some of the definitions Alberto> used by acpi.c are included under ifdefs (that are not Alberto> defined the configuration file for the SKI simulator, like Alberto> CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT and CONFIG_ACPI_PCI) in Alberto> include/linux/acp.h. Alberto> I have hacked my way around both of these problems, but I Alberto> would like to know if there are more elegant ways of Alberto> getting around them, or if I am entirely missing something. Not really. The next patch should have these problems fixed (due out very soon). --david