From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:36:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:35:55 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:39310 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:35:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:35:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20011107.213534.83623888.davem@redhat.com> To: xanni@glasswings.com.au Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ipchains.o dependencies problem from 1999 (!) returns in 2.4.14 kernel From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20011108125851.K673@kira.glasswings.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011108125851.K673@kira.glasswings.com.au> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andrew Pam Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:58:51 +1100 In the 2.4.14 kernel, I get the following dependency problems with ipchains.o: [root@TekTih root]# depmod -ae depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.14+ext3/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipchains.o depmod: netlink_kernel_create depmod: netlink_broadcast Note that this happens regardless of the setting of CONFIG_NETLINK and CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV, whether "n", "m" or "y". Something is wrong with your modutils then. Because net/netsyms.c exports netlink_kernel_create when CONFIG_NETLINK is set. It is impossible for the symbol to be unresolved if you are turning on CONFIG_NETLINK. Franks a lot, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com