Re: unresolved symbol request_module (2.4.0-test2)

[Keith Owens]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:52:21 -0700 (PDT), 
Corin Anderson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>  I'm trying to build and install a few things (sound support, fat fs) as
>modules, but am failing.  Specifically, soundcore.o, sound.o, and fat.o
>all reference the symbol request_module, which is apparently not defined
>anywhere -- at least, depmod says so (and, thus, these modules can't be
>loaded by insmod or modprobe).

request_module is defined in kernel/module.c and exported by
kernel/ksyms.c, it works for me.  You either have some old objects
lying around or your installed kernel and modules do not match.

nm vmlinux | grep request_module.  There must be an entry like
__ksymtab_request_module, if not you have a miscompiled kernel.

nm modules/fat.o | grep request_module.  If the vmlinux name has a hex
suffix and the module does not or vice versa then you have a
miscompiled kernel.

>  I've enabled kmod in the kernel, and have "make clean ; make dep ; make
>bzImage; make modules ; copy-the-kernel-to-/boot ; make modules_install ;
>lilo ; reboot". Still, the problem persists.

If in doubt

  mv .config .. (save .config)
  make mrproper (not clean, mrproper removes more crud)
  mv ../.config . (restore .config)
  make oldconfig dep clean bzImage modules
  install modules and kernel