From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422664AbWGJP6v (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:58:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965171AbWGJP6v (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:58:51 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]:40655 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422673AbWGJP6u (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:58:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=i6nhmzpT3DJNq74HyhtMGZa2q58+Qj3VuGg18tPK1VPITE5hybHlVADch3lIoLYIrbvjc/svMzh67q6DBlM14SC3N4+ktjpCo71imfedqtM4tPMQRGOTpWEdihps8WRGCP/11oUl8E3VKojUzb23lNjz37lXgIoUzZQBoPQu/UU= Message-ID: <44B27931.30609@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:58:41 +0800 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Reuther CC: Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: Depmod errors on 2.6.17.4/2.6.18-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm1 References: <200607100833.00461.mreuther@umich.edu> <44B24FE7.2050807@gmail.com> <20060710113212.5ddn42t40ks44s00@engin.mail.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060710113212.5ddn42t40ks44s00@engin.mail.umich.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matt Reuther wrote: > Quoting "Antonino A. Daplas" : > >> Matt Reuther wrote: >>> The following errors show up on 'make modules_install' for the >>> 2.6.18-rc1-mm1 >>> kernel. The snd-miro ones have actually been there since at least >>> 2.6.17.4, >>> and they show up in 2.6.18-rc1 as well. >> >>> WARNING: >>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc1-mm1/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko >>> needs unknown symbol fb_unregister_client >>> WARNING: >>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc1-mm1/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko >>> needs unknown symbol fb_register_client >>> >> >> CONFIG_FB=n, CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m should not be possible in >> 2.6.18-rc1-mm1 and 2.6.18-rc1. Can you run kconfig again? >> >> Tony > > I am not at the computer right now, but I will try later. > > Here is how I got config-2.6.18-rc1-mm1. I copied this config from > 2.6.18-rc1, which I had created with 'make menuconfig'. I ran 'make > oldconfig' on the config-2.6.18-rc1 and answered the new questions to > generate config-2.6.18-rc1-mm1. I compiled it from there. Does 'make > oldconfig' not work properly anymore? I really don't know. I have received several bug reports where the main cause was that a kconfig option changed after upgrading kernels. I tested with make menuconfig, and it's not possible to set lcd/backlight options if CONFIG_FB is not set. Tony