Re: insmod ipchains.o error in 2.3.16

Thomas Molina (tmolina@home.com)
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:10:48 -0500 (CDT)


Sorry for following up to mysef. My (very) quick analysis was
incorrect. Setting CONFIG_NETLINK and CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV and
recompiling everything didn't cure the problem. I'm still getting the
same errors when insmoding ipchains.o.

On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Thomas Molina wrote:

> Netlink 0.1.6 now compiles under 2.3.16. However, after compilation I
> get the following when attempting to insert the ipchains module:
>
> [root@wr5z compat]# insmod ipchains.o
> ipchains.o: unresolved symbol netlink_kernel_create
> ipchains.o: unresolved symbol netlink_broadcast
>
> This appears to be caused by those symbols only being exported when
> CONFIG_NETLINK and/or CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV are defined. Apparently,
> Kernel/User netlink socket is what sets this. The dependencies are not
> set correctly and it is not clear from the docs that this must be true.
> I can submit a patch this weekend when I have time if no one gets to it
> before me.

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