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To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>, Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.59 vmlinux.lds.S change broke modules
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At 02:49 PM 1/17/2003 +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>Brian Gerst writes:
>  > Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>  > >
>  > > This oops occurs for every module, not just af_packet.ko, at
>  > > resolve_symbol()'s first call to __find_symbol().
>  > >
>  > > What happens is that __find_symbol() oopses because the kernel's
>  > > symbol table is in la-la land. (Note the bogus kernel adress
>  > > 2220c021 it tried to dereference above.)
>  > >
>  > > Reverting 2.5.59's patch to arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S cured the
>  > > problem and modules now load correctly for me.
>  > >
>  > > I don't know if this is a problem also for non-i386 archs.
>  > >
>  > > /Mikael
>  >
>  > What version of ld are you using?
>
>2.13.90.0.2, as included in RH8.0.

It oopses with latest binutils too.

(binutils-2.13.2... _upgraded_ from 2.13.90.0.10;)

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