Re: 2.6.x kernels - use of exported symbols/functions

[Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxx>]

<threadhead@web.de> writes:

> hello list,
>
> i am using the 2.6 kernel series and would like to make use exported functions
> that are listed in /proc/kallsyms.
>
> simply using a LKM and call a function listed there results in
> 'implicit declaration of ...'.

That means that the compiler found a use of the function before you
declared it.  Prototypes declare functions.  You can put the
prototypes into your .c file or include a kernel header file that has
the prototype for the function you're using.

> how is it possible to make use of exported functions/symbols in
> 2.6.x kernels?

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