Compile Problems in 2.1.12x

Arjan van de Ven (arjan@stack.nl)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:02:10 +0100 (CET)


>I have been trying to use the 2.1 kernels since .120 on this machine, and
>every time I try to build a kernel, it compiles fine but I always have
>two to four modules with unresolved symbols. I am assuming that the
>unresolved symbols are from the kernel since the compile completes
>correctly.

>Does anybody have any ideas of what to look for? The symbols which are
>unresolved (these examples come from the 2.1.120 I am currently running)
>have names like "checksignals" (from nfs.o and sunrpc.o) and
>"make_8023_client" (from ipx.o) which I think are standard things which
>ought to be present. As I write this, I am rebuilding the kernel with
>MODVERSIONS turned off to see if that helps, but I really would like to
>resolve this problem. I am more than willing to send any information
>which might be helpful, but hints of what might be happening (and how to
>diagnose the problem) are also gladly accepted.

You should try kernel 2.1.128 with the Alan Cox patches included (ac3,
from ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/v2.1); these fix a lot of these
problems. If not, mail me your config and I'll try to fix it.

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven

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