Hi Steve,
Steve Witt wrote:
I'm compiling the latest uClinux-dist-20070130 for an IXDP425 using
IXP400 Access Library 2.1.1. I've run into a couple of issues and need
some advice.
- There are a couple of places in the Access Library source that
reference <linux/config.h>, which is gone in the 2.6.19 kernel in this
uClinux-dist. No problem, removing these seems fine as this file didn't
have anything in it (recently) anyway. I could submit a patch to
eliminate these if it was useful, but it seems that this would be
kernel-specific as <linux/config.h> is present in the 2.4 and 2.0 kernel
sources.
Thats right. I have a fix in my development tree that keeps it
working across all kernel versions already. (I just haven't released
a new snapgear modules patch for it yet).
- The 'uts_name' stuff has changed in 2.6.19, which also necessitates a
minor mod to the Access Library code. The thing I don't know how to
handle correctly is that the new variable 'init_uts_ns' (in
linux-2.6.x/init/version.c) is exported as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, which as
I've learned, means that a non-GPL module can't link to the symbol. So
the ixp400.ko module has an 'unknown symbol' error when it is loaded.
This could be easily fixed, but not correctly or (dare I say) legally.
So what's the best way to solve this problem?
I don't recall hitting this. What did you have to change in the
AccessLibrary code for this?
[I really wish that Intel would just give up on this whole access
library thing.]
Indeed :-)
Regards
Greg
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