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List:       netfilter
Subject:    Re: unresolved symbol(s)
From:       Daryl Pawluk <dpawluk () home ! com>
Date:       1999-11-30 0:30:57
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Erik Ratcliffe wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 07:42:09AM +1100, Daryl Pawluk wrote:
> > does anyone know where these symbols should be defined?
>
> The symbols exported from the kernel should be stored in
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules.  Most notably, the ksyms.ver file.  If
> your kernel was built from an existing source tree and you did not run 'make
> mrproper' first, odds are the files in the forementioned directory are stale.
> I have seen this happen on a number of systems where an SMP kernel is in use
> against a Linux source tree that contains non-SMP symbol versions (you can
> tell the SMP symbol versions by the "smp_" prefix in the CRC/version number;
> non-SMP kernel symbols do not have this prefix).
>
> The best way to remedy this is to rebuild the kernel all they way from 'make
> mrproper' to 'make modules_install'.  Be sure to state that versions should be
> assigned to module symbols in the kernel configuration before doing so.
>
> If the problem persists, odds are there's some other problem that I can't help
> with...
>
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thanks. that solved the problem.

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