Re: unresloved symbols in 2.4.1

Bill Nottingham (notting@redhat.com)
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:27:10 -0500


Eugene Danilchenko (eugene@kriljon.ru) said:
> cd /lib/modules/2.4.1; \
> mkdir -p pcmcia; \
> find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{} pcmcia
> if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.1; fi
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/fs/binfmt_elf.o
> depmod: get_pte_slow
> depmod: __handle_bad_pmd
>
> System: RedHat 6.2
> on system installed:
> modutils-2.4.2-1
>
> What does it mean.

It means that compiling ELF binary support as a module doesn't work right.

> and what have i to do to avoid it?

Compile it in (CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y). If you're using Red Hat Linux 6.2,
compiling it as a module is an incredibly bad idea anyway.

Bill
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