problem compiling drivers

Aaron Stromas astromas@us.oracle.com
Thu Jan 28 14:00:18 1999


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> >
> > /proc/ksyms is empty. i'm not sure how /proc comes into the picture for
> > i don't have the driver loaded. should i?
> >
>
> This tells me you're running with a kernel that doesn't have module
> support turned on.
>

oops, sorry, i ran "file /proc/ksyms" and it came back /proc/syms:
empty.
if i do "more /proc/syms" it comes back with a huge list but without the
3rd component in parentheses. what am i looking for in it?

> feral-gw.feral.com > head /proc/ksyms
> 04824698 ppp_register_compressor_Re6f00869      [ppp]
> 048246f8 ppp_unregister_compressor_R2bafffe3    [ppp]
> 048255e8 ppp_crc16_table_R38ede4ff      [ppp]
> 0481e004 slhc_init_R20741a64    [slhc]
> 0481e1e4 slhc_free_R3787e5b9    [slhc]
> 0481ed58 slhc_remember_Rbc0f8a5e        [slhc]
> 0481e2a4 slhc_compress_R5d6838a9        [slhc]
> 0481e914 slhc_uncompress_Ra2ca7e04      [slhc]
> 0481eef0 slhc_toss_R89ec95b6    [slhc]
> 0481cb1c speedo_debug   [eepro100]
>

nm -u /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/tulip.o produces the list i sent before.
so, what do i do?

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> 
> /proc/ksyms is empty. i'm not sure how /proc comes into the picture for
> i don't have the driver loaded. should i?
> 

This tells me you're running with a kernel that doesn't have module
support turned on.


oops, sorry, i ran "file /proc/ksyms" and it came back /proc/syms: empty.
if i do "more /proc/syms" it comes back with a huge list but without the 3rd component in parentheses. what am i looking for in it?

feral-gw.feral.com > head /proc/ksyms 
04824698 ppp_register_compressor_Re6f00869      [ppp]
048246f8 ppp_unregister_compressor_R2bafffe3    [ppp]
048255e8 ppp_crc16_table_R38ede4ff      [ppp]
0481e004 slhc_init_R20741a64    [slhc]
0481e1e4 slhc_free_R3787e5b9    [slhc]
0481ed58 slhc_remember_Rbc0f8a5e        [slhc]
0481e2a4 slhc_compress_R5d6838a9        [slhc]
0481e914 slhc_uncompress_Ra2ca7e04      [slhc]
0481eef0 slhc_toss_R89ec95b6    [slhc]
0481cb1c speedo_debug   [eepro100]


nm -u /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/tulip.o produces the list i sent before. so, what do i do?

--
Aaron Stromas     |   "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg...."
Oracle Corp.        |       BRTN commentator, L'Alpe d'Huez, 1995 Tour de France
+1 703 917 48 72  |
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