Module loading errors on Alpha arch

[Eric Hokanson]

I was recently given a Compaq AlphaServer ES40 to play with and decided 
to throw a Linux distro on it.  I chose CentOS 4.2 and managed to get it 
installed and running.  Seems to run great and I am impressed with its 
speed but I am having problems loading a couple modules.  When I try to 
start the firewall and load iptables I get:

Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow kernel: Could not allocate 60 bytes percpu data
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow modprobe: WARNING: Error inserting ip_conntrack
(/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.2.ECsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.ko):
Cannot allocate memory
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow kernel: ipt_state: Unknown symbol ip_conntrack_untracked
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow kernel: ipt_state: Unknown symbol need_ip_conntrack
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting ipt_state
(/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.2.ECsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_state.ko):
Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
Feb  2 16:05:56 alphacrow iptables:  failed

I get a similar message with the ipv6 module:
Mar  1 16:06:15 alphacrow kernel: Could not allocate 8 bytes percpu data
Mar  1 16:06:15 alphacrow modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting ipv6 (/lib/modules/2.6.15.4/kernel/net/ipv6/ipv6.ko): Cannot allocate memory

As you can see I have tried both the CentOS kernel and building my own 2.6.15.4 kernel.  Any ideas on how to
solve this problem would be great.

cpu                     : Alpha
cpu model               : EV67
cpu variation           : 7
cpu revision            : 0
cpu serial number       : AY00607688
system type             : Tsunami
system variation        : Clipper
system revision         : 0
system serial number    : 4051DPSZ1111
cycle frequency [Hz]    : 666666666
timer frequency [Hz]    : 1024.00
page size [bytes]       : 8192
phys. address bits      : 44
max. addr. space #      : 255
BogoMIPS                : 1305.32
kernel unaligned acc    : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
user unaligned acc      : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
platform string         : AlphaServer ES40
cpus detected           : 2
cpus active             : 2
cpu active mask         : 0000000000000003
L1 Icache               : 64K, 2-way, 64b line
L1 Dcache               : 64K, 2-way, 64b line
L2 cache                : 8192K, 1-way, 64b line

MemTotal:      3095248 kB
MemFree:       2324784 kB
Buffers:         52592 kB
Cached:         587248 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:         437152 kB
Inactive:       245064 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:      3095248 kB
LowFree:       2324784 kB
SwapTotal:      530128 kB
SwapFree:       530128 kB
Dirty:               0 kB
Writeback:           0 kB
Mapped:          61320 kB
Slab:            72256 kB
Committed_AS:    52216 kB
PageTables:        904 kB
VmallocTotal:  8388608 kB
VmallocUsed:      5368 kB
VmallocChunk:  8382840 kB


Thanks,
Eric




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