Re: error in loading a module in 2.6.34

[Balachandar <bala1486@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried both. When i tried modprobe it says that vhost_net.ko not found. Actually i want to point out that i configured the module to be built along with the linux kernel itself during the make menuconfig. I suppose that building along with the kenrel should take care of all the dependencies, right? Also the module should have been automatically loaded during bootup if it is configured as a module during the kernel build. It didn't do it either. And then when i tried to manually load, i got the unknown symbol error. So i think then it is some mistake in the kernel makefiles, right? Please correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks,
Bala

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Simon Kitching <simon.kitching@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 19:20 -0400, Balachandar wrote:
> Hello,
>  I recently downloaded the 2.6.34 kernel and wanted to use the new
> vhost_net module. I selected the option in the 'make menuconfig' as a
> module and built the kernel. After rebooting, i couldn't find the
> module using the lsmod command. So i decided to  insert the module
> manually. But when i tried to insert the module i get an error
> 'vhost_net: Unknown symbol tun_get_socket'. So which mailing list
> should i approach to ask them to correct this mistake.

Did you use the "modprobe" or "insmod" command?

modprobe will automatically load dependencies, while insmod will not.

See the manpages for insmod and modprobe for more details.

Regards, Simon