Re: 2.6.0 problems

Joshua Schmidlkofer
2003-12-26T05:10:09Z

On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 17:07, dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Eric wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 25 December 2003 02:57 pm, dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net wrote:
> > > I grabbed the 2.6.0 code yesterday. But when I tried to compile a
> > > modular kernel, I got a *LOT* of unresolved symbols in the modules. I'm
> > > attaching the stderr output from depmod's run of make modules_install.
> > I had this problem with a RH9 install. Instead of modutils, upgrade the the
> > latest module-init-tools from ftp://kernel.org.
> > The problem is that most of the module loading code has been moved from
> > userspace to kernel code to make module loading more portable. Be sure to
> > follow the upgrade instructions carefully. If done correctly it will keep
> > your old modutils in case you load a 2.4.x kernel and will default to the new
> > module-init-tools for 2.6.x kernels.
>
> I'll try that, thanks!
>
> Any ideas on the blank screen issue?
>
> --- Dan

I took module-init-tools out of Redhat Severn beta, and I upgraded init
scripts, ethtool, and module-init-tools at the same time, it worked vary
nicely.

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