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From: John Stebbins <john@stebbins.name>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sys_close undefined on x86_64
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:42:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1087159346.2961.5.camel@Homer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040613002814.GC29873@kroah.com>

Thanks for the pointer.  I hadn't heard about the firmware download
subsystem.  I just had a look.  Seems to be just the thing needed here.
There are other people actively working on this module, so maybe I can
get it done by just suggesting it to them :->

John

On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 17:28, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 05:11:18PM -0700, John Stebbins wrote:
> > 
> > insmod fails with sys_close undefined message when attempting to load
> > the module.
> 
> Why would a kernel module want to call sys_close directly?  If it's for
> firmware loading, the module needs to be ported to use the firmware
> download subsystem.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> greg k-h


  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-13 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-13  0:11 sys_close undefined on x86_64 John Stebbins
2004-06-13  0:28 ` Greg KH
2004-06-13 20:42   ` John Stebbins [this message]
     [not found] <26qTc-8ok-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-06-13  0:38 ` Andi Kleen

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