On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 14:19 -0700, Ganeriwal Saurabh wrote: > I am facing some problem in inseting kernel modules on Fedora 4 > distribution(2.6.11). I am able to compile the code properly and a X.ko > file is successfully generated. However, when I call "modprobe X.ko", the > system just hangs. > > I tried debugging the problem and did a ld X.ko, which results in pointing > out some weird errors: > > X.ko(.text+0x10291):include/linux/slab.h: undefined reference to __kmalloc > linux_module.h: undefined reference to kfree > linux_module.h: undefined reference to printk > > And many more like that. > > Why are not these kernel utilies getting linked properly inspite of > successful compilation? > > I would appreciate any help and would also be glad to provide details. How are you building the modules? In a separate directory with a minimal Makefile (as suggested by the release notes), or in a full kernel tree? Explain your procedure please. Paul, -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
