Hello,
We use our own kernel source (official linux 3.8.13 plus a drivers) and build
openwrt for x86 and powerpc 85xx.
Now the modules generated for powerpc don't load. When trying to insmod, then
the kernel message (e.g.)
xt_LOG: no symbol version for module_layout
is issued on the console.
I tracked that down to the generation of the *.mod.c files: When I am at the
top level of the kernel which
was just fully built (make vmlinux), and do the following:
rm vmlinux System.map
make modules
the *.mod.c files that are generated are invalid: their
static const struct modversion_info ____versions[]
is empty. However
rm vmlinux System.map
make
generates valid *.mod.c files, and the modules *do* load later.
The removal of vmlinux and System.map comes from openwrt commit d6ce92de580 of
Wed Apr 25 22:26:40 2007,
where the commit message says:
add workaround for occasional kernel module build failures related to kernel
config changes
Can anyone shed some light on this? Why is that apparently no problem with x86? Do we need special openwrt kernel patches so
that make modules produces correct modules even in the absence of vmlinux?
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Nils Rennebarth
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