RE: unresolved symbols

[SubramaniA@xxxxxxxx]

You mean I should do "make mkinitrd"  after "make modules_install"??

-----Original Message-----
From: M.P.Anand Babu [mailto:ab@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:54 AM
To: linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [linux-delhi] unresolved symbols



Hi Subramani
After doing make dep; make bzImage 
you should do make modules; make modules_install

I think you are using initrd method of booting.
You failed to create initrd image with newer modules. 
Use mkinitrd
regards
ab


SubramaniA@xxxxxxxx writes:
 > 
 > I started getting ***unresolved symbol** error messages after recompiling
my
 > 2.2.15 Kernel.
 > 
 > I am using Mandrake 7.1. I have enabled *loadable module* support but
still
 > I am getting this error.
 > 
 > depmod -e -s  gives
 > 
 > depmod: ***unresoved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/fs/reiserfs.o
 > depmod: ***unresoved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/fs/nfds.o
 > 
 > plus a lot more similar messages
 > 
 > As far as I know, this error comes only when I try to use modules that
are
 > dependent on "some other module", and that "some other module" is not
 > found.. Right?
 > 
 > I had compiled ReiserFS (the file sytem my box uses) as a module and my
 > machine wouldnt boot. Now that it is compiled right into the kernel I am
 > able to use my file system.
 > 
 > How do I know which module depends on which? so that I don't remove any
 > dependency modules..
 > 
 > Is there any way of automatically satisfying dependencies in "make
 > xmenuconfig"???
 > 
 > I have already compiled my Kernel 6 times...
 > 
 > Regards
 > Mani
 > 
 > 
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