Re: Linux 2.4.29-rc2

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sat Jan 15 2005 - 00:24:22 EST


On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:55:55PM +0100, Steffen Moser wrote:

>...
> - fsa01 (problem occurs):
>...
> | modutils 2.4.5
>...
> - gateway (no problem):
>...
> | modutils 2.4.12
>....

OK, this seems to be the problem:
modutils before 2.4.10 don't know about EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.


Please upgrade modutils on fsa01 and report whether it fixes the
problem.


If this was the problem, the patch below should be sufficient
(modutils 2.4.10 isn't a very strong dependency - even Debian stable
ships 2.4.15).


<-- snip -->


For support of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, at least modutils 2.4.10 is required.


Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.4.29-rc2-full/Documentation/Changes.old 2005-01-15 06:17:46.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.29-rc2-full/Documentation/Changes 2005-01-15 06:18:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
o Gnu make 3.77 # make --version
o binutils 2.9.1.0.25 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
-o modutils 2.4.2 # insmod -V
+o modutils 2.4.10 # insmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.25 # tune2fs
o jfsutils 1.0.12 # fsck.jfs -V
o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
@@ -156,11 +156,8 @@
Modutils
--------

-Upgrade to recent modutils to fix various outstanding bugs which are
-seen more frequently under 2.4.x, and to enable auto-loading of USB
-modules. In addition, the layout of modules under
-/lib/modules/`uname -r`/ has been made more sane. This change also
-requires that you upgrade to a recent modutils.
+Upgrade to recent modutils is required for support of
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.

Mkinitrd
--------

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