On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 07:36:36PM +1200, Michael Cree wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 07:57:52AM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: > > On 12.04.2017 04:59, Bob Tracy wrote: > > > Bottom line is, no kernel I've built since 4.9 can load a module. All > > > attempts to load a module result in the error message emitted by > > > "arch/alpha/kernel/module.c" as follows: > > > > > > module XXX: Unknown relocation: 1 > > > > I assume it's due this commmit "modversions: treat symbol CRCs as 32 bit > > quantities": > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71810db27c1c853b335675bee335d893bc3d324b > > > > For parisc this patch solves it: > > parisc: support R_PARISC_SECREL32 relocation in modules > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5f655322b1ba4bd46e26e307d04098f9c84df764 > > > > > module XXX: Unknown relocation: 1 > > > > For alpha it seems you need to add similar code to handle R_ALPHA_REFLONG > > to apply_relocate_add() in arch/alpha/kernel/module.c > > Would the attached patch fix it? Untested because I don't see the > above issue.
I'm up and running on 4.11.0-rc6. The patch works. Feel free to add me as the "Tested-by". Much appreciated! --Bob