On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:06 AM, kashish bhatia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > I am trying to port a kernel module from 2.6.23 kernel to 2.6.32 kernel. > > While inserting the module , it shows an error : > > insmod : error inserting 'module.ko' : -1 Unknown symbol in module > > I checked in /var/log/messages for the unknown symbol and it shows, > > module : no symbol version for function_name > > Can anybody explain what is this error and how to resolve this error ? > > > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Kashish Bhatia > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > Are you building it out of tree? Your module is trying to use an exported symbol, perhaps it is a symbol exported from another module, for cases like this modprobe works better than insmod. Try modprobe and it should works. -- Jorgyano Bruno de Oliveira Vieira cell: +55 (41) 8890 6774
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