Re: 2.3.18 and init_task_union

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:12:22 +0100 (BST)

> I was trying to access my ZIP 100 drive (parallel port). Both kmod and the
> automounter are active. I got the following message :
>
> insmod: /lib/modules/2.3.18/scsi/scsi_mod.o: unresolved symbol init_task_union

Its fixed in 2.3.18-ac

> I've added the following line in /usr/src/linux/kernel/ksyms.c :
>
> /* init task, for moving kthread roots - ought to export a function ?? */
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task_union);

Thats a valid fix. For 2.3.x rather than exporting the innards of the struct
I export a daemonize() function that hopefully 8) does the right thing.

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