2003-09-17 16:34:42

by jarausch

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Subject: 2.4.14-pre7 Unresolved symbols

Hi,

trying to build 2.4.14-pre7 breaks with the error message
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.14-pre7/kernel/fs/romfs/romfs.o
depmod: unlock_page

during make modules_install.

2.4.14-pre6 is running fine here.

Thank for hint,
Helmut Jarausch

Inst. of Technology
RWTH Aachen
Germany



2003-09-17 16:46:53

by Richard B. Johnson

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Subject: Re: 2.4.14-pre7 Unresolved symbols

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 [email protected] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> trying to build 2.4.14-pre7 breaks with the error message
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.14-pre7/kernel/fs/romfs/romfs.o
> depmod: unlock_page
>
> during make modules_install.
>
> 2.4.14-pre6 is running fine here.
>
> Thank for hint,
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Inst. of Technology
> RWTH Aachen
> Germany
>

This message shouldn't prevent the new modules from being installed.
This comes from `depmod` which is creating /lib/modules/`uname
-r`/modules.dep. When you boot the new kernel, the boot-script
will (probably) execute `depmod -a`, fixing the problem. Your
new kernel probably has unlock_page exported. The older one
probably didn't.

Tty it. It should work okay.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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