Re: cat /proc/ksyms OOPS, Was: umsdos, msdos and vfat segfault on insmod

Flippie Spies (phs@paradigm-sa.com)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:10:46 +0200 (SAT)


On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Christoph Trautwein wrote:

|-->
|-->Neil wrote:
|-->> I am using kernel 2.1.24 (just installed today), with everything
|-->> possible built as modules. Whenever I try to insmod umsdos, msdos,
|-->> or vfat, I get this:
|-->...
|-->OOOPS
|-->...
|-->
|-->I had tha same problem and traced it down to a problem with
|-->the ksyms.
|-->
|--> cat /proc/ksyms GIVES A OOPS
|-->
|-->The oops happens in kernel/modules.c
|-->I tried make mrproper and insalled no modules. The only thing I
|-->switched on is the ne2000 driver and nfsroot. (I need this for
|-->booting)
|-->Who else has this problem?
|-->
|--> Christoph
|-->
|-->
|-->

I have the same problem with insmod vfat.

But with cat /proc/ksyms, no problem.

I'm using:

libc.so.5.4.13
kernel 2.1.24
insmod version 2.1.23

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