Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:11:27 -0700 | From | Stuart Sheldon <> | Subject | Re: "make prepare" in 2.6.26.2 not behaving? |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 08:41:59PM -0700, Stuart Sheldon wrote: >> Hey all, think I found a little bug... >> >> I recently was attempting to build 3rd party modules on a 2.6.26.2 >> source tree after a "make clean" was run on the kernel source tree. >> >> In the past I would run "make oldconfig prepare scripts" and then build >> and install the 3rd party module. All would work as expected. >> >> And all started well with the 2.6.26.2 tree. The module built without >> error, but when I went to load it, it responded back with a version >> error on the console, and the dmesg was: "no symbol version for >> struct_module". >> >> If I rebuild the entire kernel and modules in the source tree and then >> build the 3rd party module again, It builds and loads without issue. >> >> I'm hoping this is a bug, as I use the prepare method of setting up >> source trees a lot. It saves me hours of time on my server farm. > > If you have MODULE_VERSIONING enabled then you need to build > the kernel - "make prepare" is in that case not enough. > > Ig you have module.symvers around then that will do it. > > Sam >
So the patch to delete the module.symvers from the tree exposed a mistake in my config? Makes since. Just to clarify, I want CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=n in my .config to use prepare? The help on the setting seems to imply that turning it on makes the kernel less picky about modules, but I guess I don't get it...
Will change that setting and test.
Thanks!
Stu
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