Re: [microblaze-uclinux] loadable module support in petalinux kernel 2.6

[Jim Van Vorst <jvanvorst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

Can you post the full patch with the header file changes described 
below, or is it online?

Thanks,
Jim

John Williams wrote:
> Hi Erik,
>
> Erik Hansen wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > That was quick, indeed. I have just tried to compile the SMC91C111
> > driver as a module and was able to load the required modules, to
> > configure the network and to connect to the outside world.
> > As soon as I have more time for this I will continue testing.
>
> Sounds good.
>
> > >  * microblaze_modules.patch - the core loadable module support
> > >
> > >  * platform_module_fixup.patch - a fixup to the handling of the 
> > > platform_device initialisers, so that they work correctly when the 
> > > associated device drivers are built as modules.  See the comment at 
> > > the top of microblaze?platform/common/Makefile for details.
> >
> >
> > I have applied both patches to a clean petalinux-v0.20-rc3 directory.
> > Your patches did not include the changes I made to 
> > include/asm-microblaze/elf.h and include/asm-microblaze/module.h.
> > Is there any special reason for this? I was not able to compile the
> > kernel with module support without patching those two files.
>
> Ah - an omission on my part.  Will report the patches shortly, with 
> your header file changes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
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