Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757950AbaDHVhl (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2014 17:37:41 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:52726 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757898AbaDHVhi (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2014 17:37:38 -0400 Message-ID: <53446C20.1040409@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:37:36 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?SXNtYWVsIEZhcmbDoW4=?= , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Modules.Symvers - What is (not) and how to use it? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 04/08/2014 09:55 AM, Ismael Farfán wrote: > Hello guys > > I work on 3 modules, let's say: > KServervices, mod1, mod2 > > KServices exports functions consumed by mod1 and mod2. > > Accidentally I was deleting Modules.Symvers after compiling KServices > and mod1 and mod2 failed to load because thery where looking for the > functions in a different offset than the one shown in /proc/kallsyms > > > QUESTION: > What is and how do I use that file? > > > I was hopping to find some good documentation in tldp.org, but > nothing, I only find forums that mention it, but nothing that can help > me understand it and probably find a way to stop requiring it. There is a small bit of documentation for it in kernel tree:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt. -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/