Hi,
I am a newbie and first time compiling the kernel.
I had redhat linux 9.0 with default kernel 2.4.20-8. Planning to upgrade to kernel 2.6.7. When I execute "make modules_install" command, I am getting so many "depmod: *** Unresolved symbols...". Please see the part of errors below:
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INSTALL drivers/char/ftape/zftape/zftape.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36060.ko
INSTALL drivers/media/video/zr36067.ko
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.7; fi
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/acpi/thermal.ko
depmod: acpi_processor_set_thermal_limit
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/atm/eni.ko
depmod: suni_init
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/atm/idt77252.ko
depmod: suni_init
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/atm/iphase.ko
depmod: suni_init
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/atm/nicstar.ko
depmod: suni_init
depmod: idt77105_init
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/atm/zatm.ko
depmod: uPD98402_init
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/cciss.ko
depmod: scsi_scan_host
depmod: scsi_device_types
depmod: scsi_add_host
depmod: scsi_host_alloc
depmod: scsi_host_put
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/aten.ko
depmod: pi_register
depmod: pi_unregister
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/bpck.ko
depmod: pi_register
depmod: pi_unregister
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/bpck6.ko
depmod: pi_register
depmod: pi_unregister
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/comm.ko
depmod: pi_register
depmod: pi_unregister
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/dstr.ko
depmod: pi_register
depmod: pi_unregister
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/block/paride/epat.ko
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depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxpocket.ko
depmod: snd_vxpocket_ops
depmod: snd_vxpocket_detach
depmod: snd_vxpocket_attach
depmod: pcmcia_unregister_driver
depmod: snd_vxpocket_detach_all
depmod: pcmcia_register_driver
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/sound/synth/emux/snd-emux-synth.ko
depmod: snd_seq_delete_kernel_client
depmod: snd_hwdep_new
depmod: _snd_magic_kcalloc
depmod: snd_util_mem_avail
depmod: snd_seq_create_kernel_client
depmod: snd_kcalloc
depmod: snd_info_free_entry
depmod: snd_info_create_card_entry
depmod: snd_seq_kernel_client_ctl
depmod: snd_magic_kfree
depmod: snd_hidden_kfree
depmod: snd_iprintf
depmod: snd_midi_process_event
The below are the steps I have followed:
- Downloaded linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 from kernel.org
- Extracted in my home directory
- Downloaded module-init-tools-3.0.tar.bz2 & modutils-2.4.27-1.src.rpm
and extracted & installed them(having latest depmod version, 2.4.27)
- Configured the kernel
(Tried with default configuration and also my own configuration with ALSA option etc...,done using "make menuconfig" - both the cases same errors exists)
- make bzImage
- make modules
[Till here went on well]
- make modules_install
[so many depmod: *** Unresolved symbols]
- The below are the packages info:
Package Minimum Expected Existing version in my PC
o Gnu C 2.95.3 3.2.2
o Gnu make 3.79.1 3.79.1
o binutils 2.12 2.13.90.0.18
o util-linux 2.10o 2.11y
o module-init-tools 0.9.10 2.4.27
o e2fsprogs 1.29 1.32
o jfsutils 1.1.3 1.0.17
o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 3.6.4
o xfsprogs 2.6.0 not installed
o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 3.1.31
o quota-tools 3.09 3.06
o PPP 2.4.0 2.4.1
o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 3.1per4
o nfs-utils 1.0.5 1.0.1
o procps 3.2.0 2.0.11
o oprofile 0.5.3 0.4
Why am I getting the depmod errors? Is my depmod version(2.4.27) ok?
Am I missing some thing?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me out
Regards,
Sailaja
