diff -p -up sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pxd.orig sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pxd
--- sage-4.4/spkg/build/sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pxd.orig	2010-04-28 17:55:55.088197404 -0300
+++ sage-4.4/spkg/build/sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pxd	2010-04-28 17:56:05.180391254 -0300
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cdef extern from "givaro/givgfq.h":
         int (* read)(int r, int p)
         int (* axpy)(int r, int a, int b, int c)
         int (* axmy)(int r, int a, int b, int c)
-        int (* amxy)(int r, int a, int b, int c)
+        int (* maxpy)(int r, int a, int b, int c)
         bint (* isZero)(int e)
         bint (* isOne)(int e)
         bint (* isunit)(int e)
diff -p -up sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pyx.orig sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pyx
--- sage-4.4/spkg/build/sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pyx.orig	2010-04-28 17:56:52.818197443 -0300
+++ sage-4.4/spkg/build/sage-4.4/sage/rings/finite_rings/element_givaro.pyx	2010-04-28 17:57:03.714192689 -0300
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ cdef class Cache_givaro(SageObject):
         """
         cdef int r
 
-        r = self.objectptr.amxy(r , a.element, b.element, c.element, )
+        r = self.objectptr.maxpy(r , a.element, b.element, c.element, )
         return make_FiniteField_givaroElement(self,r)
 
     def __reduce__(self):