RE: [Xen-devel] Future of xenbits Linux trees

[Kamala Narasimhan <Kamala.Narasimhan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to clarify - You mean you encounter wmi build issues mentioned below with 
XenClient Linux 2.6.27 even when you *don't* apply the xen-acpi-wmi patch from 
XenClient Linux 2.6.27 patch queue?

Kamala

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Genki Kuroda [mailto:sfsugar@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:48 PM
> To: Kamala Narasimhan
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Future of xenbits Linux trees
> 
> Hi, Kamala,
> 
> Thank you for the information.
> I didn't apply the patch, and I don't have any intention to apply the
> patch for this issue.
> 
> GK
> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Kamala
> Narasimhan<Kamala.Narasimhan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The xen-acpi-wmi patch in XenClient linux 2.6.27 patch queue is tied
> to XenClient.  I didn't expect this patch to be used outside the scope
> of XenClient which is why you encounter the below issues.
> >
> > Could you please momentarily exclude the patch before pushing the
> rest or revert it if already applied and then build that branch?  Going
> forward, I will create a XenClient flavor of wmi.c that won't step on
> the base wmi implementation and configure the two to be mutually
> exclusive.
> >
> > Kamala
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-devel-
> >> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Genki Kuroda
> >> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 7:06 PM
> >> To: Boris Derzhavets
> >> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Future of xenbits Linux trees
> >>
> >> Hello, Boris,
> >>
> >> I had the same error, but I was able to compile after commenting out
> >> the "HACK ALERT" section in /drivers/acpi/ec.c
> >> More information seems to be in wmi.c.
> >>
> >> Who is taking care of this kind of issue? This is my first post...
> >>
> >> Here is the patch to show where I commented out.
> >>
> >> diff âgit a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> >> index 2359480..b2c0221 100644
> >> â a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> >> @@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_read(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8
> >> address, u8 * data)
> >> /* HACK ALERT
> >> * Please refer to wmi.c for an explanation on why we added this
> hack.
> >> */
> >> +/*
> >> if ( in_query_wmi_event_data == TRUE ) {
> >> if ( address == 0Ã2b ) {
> >> wmi_event_data_index = 0;
> >> @@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_read(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8
> >> address, u8 * data)
> >> wmi_event_data_index++;
> >> }
> >> }
> >> +*/
> >>
> >> return result;
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Genki Kuroda
> >> E-mail: genkikuroda@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Website: http://mulps.wordpress.com/
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Boris
> >> Derzhavets<bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Kernel: arch/x86/boot/vmlinuz is ready  (#2)
> >> > ERROR: "wmi_install_notify_handler" [drivers/misc/hp-wmi.ko]
> >> undefined!
> >> > ERROR: "wmi_remove_notify_handler" [drivers/misc/hp-wmi.ko]
> >> undefined!
> >> > ERROR: "wmi_has_guid" [drivers/misc/hp-wmi.ko] undefined!
> >> > ERROR: "wmi_has_guid" [drivers/misc/acer-wmi.ko] undefined!
> >> > WARNING: modpost: Found 3 section mismatch(es).
> >> > To see full details build your kernel with:
> >> > 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
> >> > make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> >> > make: *** [modules] Error 2
> >> >
> >> > Boris.
> >>
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> >

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