Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758366AbXE0Dmg (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 May 2007 23:42:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753343AbXE0Dm3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 May 2007 23:42:29 -0400 Received: from gateway.insightbb.com ([74.128.0.19]:2166 "EHLO asav06.insightbb.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752917AbXE0Dm3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 May 2007 23:42:29 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoQrAGyaWEZKhRO4UWdsb2JhbACBSoVhiEgBHA0GEQE From: Dmitry Torokhov To: =?utf-8?q?C=C3=A9dric_Augonnet?= Subject: Re: input_polldev won't load as a module Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 23:42:37 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: linux-kernel References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705262342.37768.dtor@insightbb.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1566 Lines: 39 Hi Cédric, On Saturday 26 May 2007 17:25, Cédric Augonnet wrote: > Hi, > > When trying to load input_polldev compiled as a module on my > 2.6.22-rc2-mm1 kernel, it is impossible because of some symbols that > are said to be missing : > > gonnet@porcinet:~$ sudo modprobe input_polldev > FATAL: Error inserting input_polldev > (/lib/modules/2.6.22-rc2-mm1=porcinet/kernel/drivers/input/misc/input-polldev.ko): > Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) > gonnet@porcinet:~$ dmesg > [ 137.559553] input_polldev: Unknown symbol queue_delayed_work > [ 137.559621] input_polldev: Unknown symbol destroy_workqueue > [ 137.559652] input_polldev: Unknown symbol __create_workqueue > > I enclosed my .config in case it may help. > > On the other hand, if I choose CONFIG_INPUT_POLLDEV=y, it seems to > work without any problem. Provided the Kconfig file, it looks like > this could compiled either like that or as a module. > > Unfortunately, given my very limited understanding i could really not > figure out why these symbols cannot be resolved, so i'll be really > interrested if anyone can propose a solution or an explanation. > It is caused by nyssing GPL license for the module. Please try 2.6.22-rc3, the issue should be fixed by commit 36bd52a49b790a71f3d353cdddf2f22e1e6f84ff. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/