From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: Matt Reuther <mreuther@umich.edu>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc2: depmod warning for backlight.ko
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:56:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44BCCC7B.7030408@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607172358.07713.mreuther@umich.edu>
Matt Reuther wrote:
> Hi, Antonino.
>
> I am still getting warnings on depmod with the 2.6.18-rc2 kernel:
>
> INSTALL sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko
> INSTALL sound/usb/snd-usb-lib.ko
> INSTALL sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-usx2y.ko
> if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map
> 2.6.18-rc2; fi
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc2/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko
> needs unknown symbol fb_unregister_client
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc2/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko
> needs unknown symbol fb_register_client
>
> You posted a patch here a few days ago for 2.6.18-rc1-mm1 which fixes this
> issue. Basically, the USB Apple Cinema display driver selects backlight
> support, but backlight needs some things from framebuffer, which is turned
> off. Kconfig does not recursively select CONFIG_FB, so backlight ends up with
> unresolved symbols.
>
The patch is still in the -mm tree. They're all in Ottawa right now, so this
will have to wait.
Tony
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2006-07-18 3:58 2.6.18-rc2: depmod warning for backlight.ko Matt Reuther
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