From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261159AbUFMUma (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:42:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261162AbUFMUm3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:42:29 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao11.cox.net ([68.230.241.28]:45711 "EHLO fed1rmmtao11.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261159AbUFMUm2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:42:28 -0400 Subject: Re: sys_close undefined on x86_64 From: John Stebbins Reply-To: john@stebbins.name To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20040613002814.GC29873@kroah.com> References: <1087085478.7036.13.camel@Homer> <20040613002814.GC29873@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home Message-Id: <1087159346.2961.5.camel@Homer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:42:26 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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