[tulip] re: Undo to a cleanslate and meet requirements?

Clifton T. Sharp Jr. clifto@clifto.com
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:36:03 -0500


Dave Richardson wrote:
> I'm really trying to follow your instructions.  I've compiled to your instructions and also believe that 'tulip' is profiled as usable as a module.  How would I confirm 'tulip' is usable by the kernel as a module?
> 
> I did 'depmod -a' and a number of network modules had unresolved symbols.
> I insmod'd pci-scan and lsmod shows it as available.
> Then I insmod'd tulip and got the following detail...
> 
> /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/tulip.o: unresolved symbol init_etherdev_R4468631d

Just looking at that tells me your kernel couldn't have been built completely.
The old tulip.c driver (in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net) references that
symbol too; it should have given you the exact same error shown above.
Looking at the `uname -r` ("2.2.16-3") suggests to me that you got your
kernel pre-built from an RPM. You may have to download source and build
your kernel from that.

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