Re: Cannot fix unresolved module symbols

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Mark Williams (MWP) wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> First, im using 2.6.12 with version 3.1 of module-install-utils and GCC 4.0.1.
>
> I simply cannot get kernel modules to install.
>
> Building the kernel and modules works perfecty, no errors.
>
> But on running "make modules_install" i get:
>
> depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
>  INSTALL drivers/net/wireless/atmel.ko
> if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map
> 2.6.12; fi
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.6.12/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/atmel.ko
> depmod:         __netdev_watchdog_up
> depmod:         preempt_schedule
> depmod:         _mmx_memcpy
> depmod:         eth_type_trans
> depmod:         param_get_charp
> depmod:         __kfree_skb
> depmod:         alloc_skb
> ........ and many more
>
> Ive had this problem since i started using 2.6.x, and have always compiled
> drivers into the kernel to avoid it. But now i do need to get this fixed so i
> can get ndiswrapper working.
>
> Does anyone know what could be wrong?
>
> Thanks.

> depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The hint: Upgrade your modules tools. (module-init-tools-3.2.tar.gz)

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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