Re: [2.5.47] Unable to load XFS module

Stephen Lord (lord@sgi.com)
13 Nov 2002 13:19:20 -0600


On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 12:48, Kronos wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm playing with kernel 2.5.47. XFS support is compiled as module and at
> boot time, while mounting /home, I get this:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.5.47/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o failed
>
> Then, trying to modprobe xfs by hand:
>
> /lib/modules/2.5.47/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o: unresolved symbol page_states__per_cpu
> /lib/modules/2.5.47/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.5.47/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.5.47/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o: insmod xfs failed

If you turn off modversions it works, this appears to be an issue
with the per_cpu variables and how module versioning works with
them.

Steve

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