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From: Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>
To: kaka <share.kt@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Unknown symbol errors in insmod <driver name>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:10:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071010171030.GB3379@networkno.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eea8a9c90710100545y35d69e0ck96787609a935a889@mail.gmail.com>

kaka wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> WHile installing framebuffer driver for BCM chip in MIPS platform(cross
> compiled in intel 86).
> I am getting the following error.
> Can somebody help in this regard?
> Thanks in Advance.
> 
> # insmod brcmstfb.ko
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol unregister_framebuffer
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol printf
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol __make_dp
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol malloc
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol framebuffer_alloc
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol fb_find_mode
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol fb_dealloc_cmap
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol brcm_dir_entry
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol register_framebuffer
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol fb_alloc_cmap
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol framebuffer_release
> brcmstfb: Unknown symbol free

Ask the supplier of "brcmstfb.ko" what they did there. printf/malloc/free
aren't functions which are normally available from kernel proper.


Thiemo

      reply	other threads:[~2007-10-10 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-10 12:45 Unknown symbol errors in insmod <driver name> kaka
2007-10-10 17:10 ` Thiemo Seufer [this message]

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