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linux-source-2.6.17 package

nvram module can't be loaded on powerpc

Bug #60143 reported by Colin Watson
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Ben Collins

Bug Description

When I attempt to load the nvram module, I get the following in dmesg:

[ 4349.637554] <4>nvram: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
[13216.672892] nvram: Unknown symbol of_address_to_resource
[13216.672990] nvram: Unknown symbol __alloc_bootmem
[13216.673098] nvram: Unknown symbol pmac_newworld

of_address_to_resource is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, and __alloc_bootmem and pmac_newworld don't seem to be exported. Is nvram supposed to be modular? The lack of a module license suggests not. Perhaps just building it monolithically would fix this.

This is quite important since /dev/nvram is needed to point Open Firmware at the location of the boot loader on powerpc.

Revision history for this message
Matthew Garrett (mjg59) wrote : Re: [Bug 60143] nvram module can't be loaded on powerpc

Yes, looks like this should probably be static on PPC.

Ben Collins (ben-collins)
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17:
assignee: nobody → ben-collins
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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