From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:25:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:25:45 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:12806 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:25:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:31:53 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unresolved symbols problem Message-ID: <20021023123153.GB24969@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20021023122549.57302.qmail@web40603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021023122549.57302.qmail@web40603.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 x-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB x-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-10-23 13:25:49 +0100, Cathal Daly wrote in message <20021023122549.57302.qmail@web40603.mail.yahoo.com>: > it. I am trying to load an e1000 driver as a module > but I am getting unresolved symbols. The hash values > at the end of the exported symbols do not match the > corresponding hash values in the /proc/ksyms file in > the running kernel. I gather that this is because > module versioning is turned on in the kernel. I can't > compile the driver against the kernel as I don't have > the correct kernel sources. Is there any possible way > to get the network driver to load into this kernel > image without the kernel sources. I imagine the hash > values from /proc/ksyms and the driver unresolved > symbols will have to match but how can this be done. I By recompiling the whole kernel, inclusive e1000. There's no way loading the module while not risking an Oops or other bad things. Linux tries to maintain source compatibility, but there's no binary compatibility (as you obviously see:-) Do a fresh compile and that'll succeed... MfG, JBG --=20 - Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf f=FCr - einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger Gegen Zensur im Internet Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9tpa5Hb1edYOZ4bsRAnoPAJ4luSQ9h0H8GAZ7vNy/KD4uvqmkOwCdHG6m pwfmg5/spPyX3L7l6Wq3mdg= =UerY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5--