Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:54:22 +1100 (EST) | From | Neale Banks <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18: apm initialised before dmi_scan? |
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> >If this implies that apm is initialised *before* the dmi_scan then there > >is potentially a problem with buggy BIOSen that oops instead of reporting > >power status > > This should fix the link order, at the (small) expense of compiling > dmi_scan for exported symbols, even though it does not really export > symbols. Against 2.2.18. > > Index: 18.1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile > --- 18.1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:48:07 +1100 kaos (linux-2.2/E/b/40_Makefile 1.1.4.4 644) > +++ 18.2(w)/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:47:17 +1100 kaos (linux-2.2/E/b/40_Makefile 1.1.4.4 644) > @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ all: kernel.o head.o init_task.o > O_TARGET := kernel.o > O_OBJS := process.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o \ > ptrace.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o time.o sys_i386.o \ > - bluesmoke.o dmi_scan.o > -OX_OBJS := i386_ksyms.o > + bluesmoke.o > +OX_OBJS := i386_ksyms.o dmi_scan.o > MX_OBJS := > > ifdef CONFIG_PCI
Thanks Keith - works nicely.
If this is a correct and justifiable fix for 2.2 then in 2.4 should dmi_scan.o be included in export-objs? Or is there a "better" way of doing this?
Neale.
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