Re: 2.4.21 kernel and Sony Programmable I/O

> When I try to compile sonypi as a module and try to install it, I get
> the following:
> 
> > modprobe sonypi
> /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.o: unresolved symbol
> ec_write
> /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.o: unresolved symbol
> ec_read
> /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.o: insmod sonypi failed
> 
> I'm using the released version of kernel 2.4.21 with
> acpi-20030523-2.4.21-rc3.diff applied as a patch.  The hardware is a
> Sony PCG-GRX700K.  I've included the .config from the kernel source
> tree below.  Did I miss something?  Has anyone else see the above
> errors?  Thanks for any help.

Try using the latest ACPI patch, and make sure you enable "Local APIC
support". I couldn't get ACPI to work with this new combination of
kernel and ACPI patch without enabling the APIC support. Don't ask why,
I don't know, but it works OK with APIC enabled.

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/