Re: [PATCH][alpha] "pm_power_off" [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.ko] undefined!

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Pawe__ Sikora <pluto@pld-linux.org> wrote:
>
> Fix for modpost warning:
>  "pm_power_off" [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.ko] undefined!
> 
>  --- linux-2.6.11.3/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c.orig	2005-03-13 07:44:05.000000000 +0100
>  +++ linux-2.6.11.3/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c	2005-03-15 23:20:00.405832368 +0100
>  @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(alpha_using_srm);
>   #endif /* CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC */
>   
>  +#include <linux/pm.h>
>  +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
>  +
>   /* platform dependent support */
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
>  --- linux-2.6.11.3/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c.orig	2005-03-13 07:44:40.000000000 +0100
>  +++ linux-2.6.11.3/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c	2005-03-15 23:28:15.687538104 +0100
>  @@ -183,6 +183,8 @@
>   
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(machine_power_off);
>   
>  +void (*pm_power_off)(void) = machine_power_off;
>  +
>   /* Used by sysrq-p, among others.  I don't believe r9-r15 are ever
>      saved in the context it's used.  */

There doesn't seem to be a lot of point in defining it and not using it.

Perhaps IPMI is making untoward assumptions about the architecture's power
management?  Should we instead be disabling CONFIG_IPMI_POWEROFF on alpha
(and others?)