+diff -urN linux.old/lib/kobject_uevent.c linux.dev/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+--- linux.old/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2006-06-18 03:49:35.000000000 +0200
++++ linux.dev/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2006-11-03 21:44:56.000000000 +0100
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ u64 uevent_seqnum;
+ char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(uevent_helper);
+ #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
+ static struct sock *uevent_sock;
+ #endif