dmesg output

blkdev: Unknown symbol __floatsidf
blkdev: Unknown symbol __fixunsdfsi
blkdev: Unknown symbol elv_dequeue_request
blkdev: Unknown symbol __adddf3


i dont understand which is unknown symbol here ........


On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:32 PM, nidhi mittal <[email protected]>wrote:

> hello all
>
> this is actual o/p of my make
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> make -C /home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/LINUX_Source_Codes/linux-2.6.28.7
> M=/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/DevDriver/async_blkdev modules
> make: Entering directory
> `/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/LINUX_Source_Codes/linux-2.6.28.7'
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST 1 modules
> WARNING: "elv_dequeue_request"
> [/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/DevDriver/async_blkdev/blkdev.ko] undefined!
> WARNING: "__fixunsdfsi"
> [/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/DevDriver/async_blkdev/blkdev.ko] undefined!
> WARNING: "__adddf3"
> [/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/DevDriver/async_blkdev/blkdev.ko] undefined!
> WARNING: "__floatsidf"
> [/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/DevDriver/async_blkdev/blkdev.ko] undefined!
> make: Leaving directory
> `/home/nidhi/STUDY/LINUX/LINUX_Source_Codes/linux-2.6.28.7'
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1)i m not  getting any message in dmesg
> 2)thr seems no spelling mistake its not ieven indicating any ...
>
> any other idea pl
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Sandeep K Sinha 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:04 PM, nidhi mittal <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > hi all
>> > i compiled one of my kernel module
>> > but the error i got is completely cryptic -- pl see -- whethr my kernel
>> is
>> > corrupted or what
>> > o/p of make is
>> >
>> > make[1] Entering directory /usr/src/linux---
>> > Building modules , stage 1
>> > MODPOST 1 modules
>> > WARNING "_fixunsdfsi" [/home/nidhi/<module_dir>/<module_name>.ko]
>> undefined
>> > WARNING "_adddf3" [/home/nidhi/<module_dir>/<module_name>.ko] undefined
>> > WARNING "_floatunsidf" [/home/nidhi/<module_dir>/<module_name>.ko]
>> undefined
>> > make[1] Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-generic
>> >
>> >
>> > but what i found is i get a module.ko file
>> >
>> You should, because the linking of undefined symbol is done at the
>> time of insmod and not the creation of kernel module.
>>
>> > and when i insmod it
>> > o/p
>> > insmod: error inserting 'blkdev.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>> >
>>
>> Do a dmesg and you will see that there is a message about the unknown
>> symbol.
>> See the message and figure out why that symbol is not present.
>> Either it will be a spelling mistake or the symbol is not exported
>> from the kernel.
>> So, if the case is the later on do a EXPORT_SYMBOL(name of symbol) in
>> the C file.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> > pl help
>> > Nidhi
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks & Regards
>> > Nidhi
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Sandeep.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.”
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards
> Nidhi
>



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Thanks & Regards
Nidhi

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