** Changed in: ubuntu-power-systems
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
Ubuntu 16.04.02: depmod: WARNING: <module-path> needs unknown symbol
.TOC.
Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
Fix Released
Status in kmod package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in kmod source package in Xenial:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
== Comment: #0 - Douglas Miller <dougm...@us.ibm.com> - 2017-01-24 07:59:54 ==
---Problem Description---
depmod does not handle .TOC symbol on powerpc platforms
Contact Information = Douglas Miller <dougm...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---uname output---
Linux p8le03 4.4.0-38-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 6 15:40:06 UTC 2016
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
Machine Type = other
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
---Steps to Reproduce---
Compile kernel, during modules_install target the messages appear. PPC64
modules have a .TOC symbol which is required. It may be the only symbol with a
period in the name, and so tools that restrict symbols based on a pattern may
neglect to include .TOC.
Userspace tool common name: depmod
The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64
Userspace rpm: libkmod2:ppc64el
Userspace tool obtained from project website: na
*Additional Instructions for Douglas Miller <dougm...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
-Attach ltrace and strace of userspace application.
== Comment: #3 - Douglas Miller <dougm...@us.ibm.com> - 2017-01-24 08:12:58 ==
kmod package:
# dpkg --list |grep kmod
ii kmod 22-1ubuntu4
ppc64el tools for managing Linux kernel modules
ii libkmod2:ppc64el 22-1ubuntu4
ppc64el libkmod shared library
== Comment: #7 - Douglas Miller <dougm...@us.ibm.com> - 2017-06-07 16:20:38 ==
I was doing a build of upstream origin/master on Ubuntu 16.04.2 fresh
install and still getting these messages. In the "make modules_install" output
I see:
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DEPMOD 4.12.0-rc4
depmod: WARNING:
/lib/modules/4.12.0-rc4/kernel/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.ko needs unknown
symb
ol .TOC.
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