On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I'm trying to compile loop.o module inside my kernel, and I get this weird
> message - does someone knows about this anything?
>
> hetz]# modprobe loop
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: unresolved symbol
> deactivate_page
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: insmod loop failed
>
> I checked all the usual places - didn't find anything special....
you didnt check well enough. there were at least 50 messages on linux
kernel in regards to this problem.
short answer: get 2.4.15pre-something (some of them were expermintal, so
be careful which pre you grab)
real answer:
--- linux-2.4.14-broken/drivers/block/loop.c Thu Oct 25 13:58:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c Mon Nov 5 17:06:08 2001
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
index++;
pos += size;
UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
page_cache_release(page);
}
return 0;
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
kunmap(page);
unlock:
UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
page_cache_release(page);
fail:
return -1;
--
mulix
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