Re: Geode GX/LX watchdog timer (RESEND)

[Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>]

Hi,

Iain Paton wrote:
> Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> 
>> I can confirm that it is still working fine :-)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone managed to build this as a module against the full 2.6.24
> release ?
> 
> I am seeing the following error:
> 
>   CC [M]  lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.o
>   CC [M]  lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.o
>   CC [M]  lib/zlib_inflate/inflate_syms.o
>   LD [M]  lib/zlib_inflate/zlib_inflate.o
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST 251 modules
> ERROR: "geode_mfgpt_toggle_event" [drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "geode_mfgpt_alloc_timer" [drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.ko] undefined!
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> 
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c where these are defined seems to have been
> built ok and they appear in System.map.
> 
> The only other thing I've done is to add "[PATCH] pata_cs5536 Fix
> secondary port configuration" recently posted by Martin K. Petersen but
> I don't believe that would cause this.
> 
> .config is available at http://pastebin.ca/907299

Never tried to built it as a module.
Probably there are issues with that. If I remember correctly I saw a patch in 2.6.25-rc which
mentioned that using mfgpt in modules won't work. Does this apply to 2.6.24 as well?

Best regards,
Arnd Hannemann