Bug 63612 - After upgrading kernel, unresolved symbol relinking the kernel
Summary: After upgrading kernel, unresolved symbol relinking the kernel
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-04-16 09:18 UTC by Giox
Modified: 2008-08-01 16:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-30 15:39:30 UTC
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Description Giox 2002-04-16 09:18:13 UTC
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Description of problem:
On my Linux box with RedHat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14-5.0) I have upgraded the kernel
(2.2.19-12). All is OK when i reboot. Then I have modified my kernel
configuration (make menuconfig) and relink the kernel. When I reboot, during the
initialization there are a lot of 'unresolved symbol'

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On RedHat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-5.0 upgrade the kernel

   #  rpm -Uvh kernel-headers-2.2.19-6.2.12.i386.rpm \
              kernel-source-2.2.19-6.2.12.i386.rpm
   #  rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.19-6.2.12.i386.rpm

I have modified '/etc/lilo.conf'. And then:

       # /etc/lilo -v

When I reboot all function OK.
Now I have tried to modify the kernel:

       # cd /usr/src/linux       
       # cp /usr/src/linux/config/kernel-2.2.19-i386.config . 
       # make menuconfig
       # make dep
       # make bzImage
       # make modules
       # make modules_install
       # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage \
            /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-6.2.12
       
Modified '/etc/lilo.conf'

      # /etc/lilo -v

2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  When I reboot during the initialization there are a lot of

         unresolved symbol ......(name of modules).

All the devices the use modules doesn't function (ex. eth0)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-04-16 14:17:56 UTC
make modules_install -> this will install your modules but will not remove
existing ones from the installed kernel with the same version...... and those
will not load since they are for a different kernel hence the unresolved
symbols.

Comment 2 Giox 2002-04-18 16:39:25 UTC
OK. 'modules_install' install my new modules but doesn't remove the existing
one.
So what I have to do ? Don't execute modules_install or execute another command
?

Comment 3 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:30 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/



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