Hi, On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:24 AM, Jorgyano Bruno <jorgyano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:06 AM, kashish bhatia <koolest77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I am trying to port a kernel module from 2.6.23 kernel to 2.6.32 kernel. >> >> While inserting the module , it shows an error : >> >> insmod : error inserting 'module.ko' : -1 Unknown symbol in module >> >> I checked in /var/log/messages for the unknown symbol and it shows, >> >> module : no symbol version for function_name >> >> Can anybody explain what is this error and how to resolve this error ? >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards, >> Kashish Bhatia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > Are you building it out of tree? > > Your module is trying to use an exported symbol, perhaps it is a symbol > exported from another module, for cases like this modprobe works better > than insmod. Try modprobe and it should works. The other reason that it might appear to be missing a symbol is because the symbol is exported as a GPL symbol, and you're missing the MODULE_LICENSE( "GPL" ); in your module. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
