depmod -a: unresolved symbols

depmod -a: unresolved symbols

[VDA]

Hi,

Looks like it gonna be a silly question.
I am getting some messages about unresolved symbols from depmod -a
each time I boot. Thought that is harmless until today.

Now I'm trying to set up an NFS and "modprobe nfsd" fails:
nfsd.o: unresolved symbol nfsd_linkage

In kernel sources I see:
nfsd_linkage defined and EXPORT_SYMBOLed in fs/filesystems.c
(linked in vmlinux and bzimage, I see it in System.map),
referenced from fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c (later linked into nfsd.o)
So, why modprobe can't see it?

kernel: 2.4.5
I did
make dep && \
make clean && \
make bzImage && \
make modules && \
make modules_install

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Best regards,
 VDA                          mailto:VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua

Re: depmod -a: unresolved symbols

[Keith Owens]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:35:57 +0300, 
VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> wrote:
>In kernel sources I see:
>nfsd_linkage defined and EXPORT_SYMBOLed in fs/filesystems.c
>(linked in vmlinux and bzimage, I see it in System.map),
>referenced from fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c (later linked into nfsd.o)
>So, why modprobe can't see it?
>
>kernel: 2.4.5
>I did
>make dep && \
>make clean && \
>make bzImage && \
>make modules && \
>make modules_install

http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s8-8

Re[2]: depmod -a: unresolved symbols

[VDA]

Hello Keith,

Tuesday, August 21, 2001, 7:40:38 AM, you wrote:
KO> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:35:57 +0300,
KO> VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> wrote:
>>In kernel sources I see:
>>nfsd_linkage defined and EXPORT_SYMBOLed in fs/filesystems.c
>>(linked in vmlinux and bzimage, I see it in System.map),
>>referenced from fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c (later linked into nfsd.o)
>>So, why modprobe can't see it?
>>
>>kernel: 2.4.5
>>I did
>>make dep && \
>>make clean && \
>>make bzImage && \
>>make modules && \
>>make modules_install

KO> http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s8-8

Well... now it seems to work for me. Thanks for your help.
Rather annoying to know that kernel build system is itself buggy...
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Best regards,
VDA                            mailto:VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua

Re: Re[2]: depmod -a: unresolved symbols

[Keith Owens]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:27:19 +0300, 
VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> wrote:
>Tuesday, August 21, 2001, 7:40:38 AM, you wrote:
>KO> http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s8-8
>
>Well... now it seems to work for me. Thanks for your help.
>Rather annoying to know that kernel build system is itself buggy...

Which is why it has been totally rewritten for 2.5.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&w=2&r=1&s=announce+kbuild&q=b