[Openchrome-users] warnings with FC5 kernel module

Xavier Bachelot xb_ml
Tue Aug 8 13:48:08 PDT 2006


Xavier Bachelot wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>> I build a kernel module from
>> http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia/FC5/SRPMS/kernel-module-via-drm-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.10.2-2.ucr.src.rpm
>>
>> It built ok, but when I tried to install it I got these warnings:
>>
>> [root at jks-desktop /usr/src/redhat/RPMS]# rpm -ivh 
>> x86_64/kernel-module-via-drm-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-*
>> Preparing...                ########################################### 
>> [100%]
>>     1:kernel-module-via-drm-2########################################### [ 
>> 50%]
>>     2:kernel-module-via-drm-2########################################### 
>> [100%]
>> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/kernel/drivers/char/drm/radeon.ko 
>> needs unknown symbol drm_ioremapfree
> ...snip lots of warning...
> 
> Yes, known pb. This is because I'm only rebuilding the via part of the 
> kernel drm modules. I guess (not tried yet) that if I include all the 
> available modules (or at least, all that are available in original FC 
> kernel), this will go away. Anyway, if you only have one video card and 
> this card is unichrome based, this is harmless.
> 
> I'll try to build a better package tonight. And I'll also try to figure 
> out how to name it.
> 
Better package uploaded. Definitly not perfect, but at least there are 
no more noisy wanings all over the place.

X.




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