Bug 64006

Summary:	Compiling a Driver under Bigmem kernel produces unresolved symbol
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <niran>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Description Need Real Name 2002-04-23 17:41:42 UTC

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Description of problem:
This bug is under RedHat 7.3-Beta4.  If a driver is compiled while booted to 
bigmem kernel, the loading of that driver produces many "unresolved symbole"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

-install the kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-0.13.i686.rpm
-boot to bigmem kernel
-compile bcm5700 driver from the tar-ball
-insmod bcm5700.o
Problem:
-many unresolved symbol was displayed and driver could not be loaded.
Work around:
-copy the .config file from the config directory
-make oldconfig
-make dep
-rebuilt the bcm5700 driver.
-insmod bcm5700, driver loaded and operated as expected.

	

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Comment 1 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:31 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/