2.4.7preX - unresolved symbols/compilation problem

2.4.7preX - unresolved symbols/compilation problem

[Armando Di Cianno]

I figured this post would do better on the dev list than the user list,
sorry if I misinterpret the goal of both lists.

I started with an ultra-basic install of YellowDog 2.0 on my TiBook (I
wanted the glibc 2.2, and I like compiling everything else by hand).
However, now that everything is up to par, I tried compiling both the benh
and bk 2.4.7preX trees, and while they compile, upon reboot, all modules
complain about unresolved symbols, even though cat'ng System.map reveals
that those symbols are there (stuff like printk!!!).

Compiling a kernel is nothing new to me.  I place vmlinux and System.map in
my boot directly, and place according entries in my yaboot.conf, as well as
cleaning up symlinks, etc.

Does anyone know if this could be a problem with a user-space kernel
controlling utlity?  I believe I have the newest (or new-enough) mod-utils.

Becuase I did the basic install of YDL 2.0, I could be missing something.
However the included 2.4.4 sources with that distro compile and load fine.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

__Armando Di Cianno
diciaa@rpi.edu

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Re: 2.4.7preX - unresolved symbols/compilation problem

[Ethan Blanton]

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Armando Di Cianno spake unto us the following wisdom:
> I started with an ultra-basic install of YellowDog 2.0 on my TiBook (I
> wanted the glibc 2.2, and I like compiling everything else by hand).
> However, now that everything is up to par, I tried compiling both the benh
> and bk 2.4.7preX trees, and while they compile, upon reboot, all modules
> complain about unresolved symbols, even though cat'ng System.map reveals
> that those symbols are there (stuff like printk!!!).

I had this problem, too, when I just updated and then 'make oldconfig;
make dep vmlinux...'d it.  However, a 'make distclean' and then
reconfiguring fixed it for me.
Ethan

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Re: 2.4.7preX - unresolved symbols/compilation problem

[Tom Rini]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:12:35AM -0400, Armando Di Cianno wrote:

> I started with an ultra-basic install of YellowDog 2.0 on my TiBook (I
> wanted the glibc 2.2, and I like compiling everything else by hand).
> However, now that everything is up to par, I tried compiling both the benh
> and bk 2.4.7preX trees, and while they compile, upon reboot, all modules
> complain about unresolved symbols, even though cat'ng System.map reveals
> that those symbols are there (stuff like printk!!!).

YDL 2.0 ships with a version of modutils which is somehow missing
'/sbin/genksyms'.  Rebuild the srpm and install it and you'll be fine.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/

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