Re: MOL and kernel 2.6.10

On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 06:34:42PM -0500, Stefan Bruda wrote:
> 
> Hi,  and Happy New Year to everybody.
> 
> Is there any known issue with mol under 2.6.10? It would seem that the
> headers have changed with the latest kernel in a way that is
> incompatible with the mol kernel. More precisely, I get the following
> errors at built time:
> 
>     + Entering Linux
>     In file included from /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_fault.c:18:
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h: In function `tophys_mol':
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h:61: warning: implicit declaration of function `virt_to_phys'
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h: In function `map_phys_range':
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h:68: warning: implicit declaration of function `phys_to_virt'
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h:68: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_fault.c: In function `get_phys_page':
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_fault.c:80: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_fault.c: In function `dbg_get_linux_page':
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_fault.c:141: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>     In file included from /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/kernel_vars.h:34,
>                      from /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/_dev.c:25:
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h: In function `tophys_mol':
>     /var/tmp/portage/mol-0.9.70/work/mol-0.9.70/src/kmod/Linux/../build/alloc.h:61: warning: implicit declaration of function `virt_to_phys'
> 
> .....
> and I get in the logs:
> 
>     Jan  1 18:04:53 titi kernel: mol: Unknown symbol virt_to_phys
>     Jan  1 18:04:53 titi kernel: mol: Unknown symbol phys_to_virt
> 
> Is this a known issue, and most importantly is there any known workaround?
> 

Yes, apparently since the 2.610rcs :   

Debian bug report and fix : http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287267

Google posts : 
http://groups.google.fr/groups?q=%22Unknown+symbol+virt_to_phys%22&hl=fr&lr=&selm=3fI2q-5kl-9%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/12/msg00521.html

Happy New Year, 

SL/

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