-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:14:14 -0700 Von: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: "Uwe Bugla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Critical points about kernel 2.6.21 and pseudo-authorities
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:25:47 +0200 > "Uwe Bugla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did not manage to at least find one single unresolved module during > compilation, and I have been working with this almost fantastic solution with > several kernels for months now! > > That isn't what Mauro is saying. What he is saying is that the missing > symbols will not be reported at build time. The kernel will all link > correctly and will appear to load modules correctly. > > See, there's a third mechanism for symbol resolution which is used at > runtime, not at build time: symbol_request(). > > What Mauro is saying is that these changes will cause symbol_request() to > return different results on some people's setups with different hardware, > causing those setups to fail. Hi Andrew, But, even if this is the case, it should be transparent WHAT DIFFERENT HARDWARE IS MEANT EXACTLY! DST AND DST_CA CANNOT BE MEANT - this I have made quite shure! I swear I did not notice any errors - so as long as I cannot see through where the problem is, and as long as I have been working with my patches without the slightest noise for months now - where should I apply some additions then? See, there's a third mechanism for symbol resolution which is used at runtime, not at build time: symbol_request(). If this symbol_request() appears at runtime, then there should be some feedback in dmesg or any other kind of syslog. But I swear I haven't seen any kind of bad or counterproductive messages like this! My system runs excelent with my patches - so why should I care? I meanwhile have sent my patches to someone, he will have a look at them - and we all will see what happens then. Above that I will at least try to enhance those two patches by a dvb-pll.c deselection feature which I said very politely to Trent that I am missing it. And I want to get out now of that horrible discussion - I am exhausted. Cheers Uwe -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
