diff -urN linux-2.4.23-pre9/kernel/ksyms.c linux-2.4.23-pre9-mh/kernel/ksyms.c
--- linux-2.4.23-pre9/kernel/ksyms.c	Thu Nov  6 12:55:27 2003
+++ linux-2.4.23-pre9-mh/kernel/ksyms.c	Thu Nov  6 12:57:17 2003
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/checksum.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
@@ -572,6 +573,13 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(crc32_le);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(crc32_be);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitreverse);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_firmware);
 #endif
 
 /* software interrupts */
diff -urN linux-2.4.23-pre9/lib/firmware_class.c linux-2.4.23-pre9-mh/lib/firmware_class.c
--- linux-2.4.23-pre9/lib/firmware_class.c	Thu Nov  6 12:55:27 2003
+++ linux-2.4.23-pre9-mh/lib/firmware_class.c	Thu Nov  6 12:56:11 2003
@@ -565,7 +565,9 @@
 module_init(firmware_class_init);
 module_exit(firmware_class_exit);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_FW_LOADER
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_firmware);
+#endif