From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267587AbUHTRW0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:22:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267338AbUHTRW0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:22:26 -0400 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:42841 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268342AbUHTRWV (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:22:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:22:44 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Jon Anderson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vmlinuz no symtab? while cross compiling... Message-ID: <20040820192244.GA7298@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jon Anderson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <41244A9F.70109@rogers.com> <20040819220420.GB7440@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040819220420.GB7440@mars.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 12:04:20AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:37:19AM -0400, Jon Anderson wrote: > > I'm attempting to cross compile linux-2.6.8.1, along with a few external > > modules (madwifi, hostap-driver, aodv-uu). The kernel and (built-in) > > modules compile fine, but compiling every one of those external modules > > fails around MODPOST. For example, aodv-uu: > > Took a look at aodv-uu. > Author should learn to create a real Kbuild Makefile... > But that does not seem to be your problem. Actually it was not that bad for 2.6 - but 2.4 could use some help. > > modpost: vmlinux no symtab? > modpost complains that it cannot locate the symbol table in vmlinux. > That can be caused by the following reasons: > > o vmlinux were build with different settings than scripts/mod > - If you cleaned out scripts/mod/ and run make scripts with wrong ARCH options > o vmlinux has been stripped for some reason The last item on the list was the culprint in this case. Sam