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 00:57:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:56:49 -0500 Received: from mail016.syd.optusnet.com.au ([203.2.75.176]:18091 "EHLO mail016.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:56:36 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:56:31 +1100 From: Andrew Pam To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ipchains.o dependencies problem from 1999 (!) returns in 2.4.14 kernel Message-ID: <20011108165631.P673@kira.glasswings.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011108125851.K673@kira.glasswings.com.au> <20011107.213534.83623888.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011107.213534.83623888.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 09:35:34PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 09:35:34PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > 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 On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 13:55:39 +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > Works for me with your config. At a guess, you have been bitten by the > broken kernel Makefiles - http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s8-8 Sure enough, that's what it turned out to be. I replied: > Yep, that's cured it! Is this one of the things fixed by kbuild 2.5? > If so, when will it actually be in the Linus tarballs? Cheers, Andrew -- mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Technology Manager, Glass Wings http://www.sericyb.com.au/sc/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics P.O. Box 477, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia Phone +61 401 258 915