Re: 2.6.7-mm6 - ppc32 inconsistent kallsyms data

Keith Owens
2004-07-06T02:06:47Z

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:38:18 -0400,
jhf@rivenstone.net (Joseph Fannin) wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 02:31:20AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.7/2.6.7-mm6/
>
> I'm getting this while building for ppc32:
> Inconsistent kallsyms data, try setting CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
>
> This didn't happen with -mm5.
>
> The help text for CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS says I should report a
>bug, and reads like kallsyms is a utility or part of the toolchain;
>I think it's talking about the kernel feature though, so I guess
>I'll report it here. I'll keep this tree around in case any more
>information is needed.

Run these commands on the tree that needed CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=y
(assumes Bourne shell)

for i in 1 2 3; do nm .tmp_kallsyms$i.o > .tmp_mapk$i; nm .tmp_vmlinux$i > .tmp_mapv$i; done
tar cjvf /var/tmp/kallsyms.tar.bz2 .tmp_kallsyms* .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_map*

Send the tarball to me, not the list.