- From: Ian Abbott <abbotti_at_mev.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:13:13 +0100
On 05/07/05 11:07, Ian Abbott wrote: > On 04/07/05 23:28, mel jones wrote: >>When I do "modprobe ni_pcimio" I get >> - from tail /var/log/messages: >> >>Jul 1 08:23:24 r6d -- MARK -- >>Jul 1 08:28:57 r6d kernel: comedi: no version for "struct_module" >>found: kernel tainted. >>Jul 1 08:28:57 r6d kernel: comedi: unsupported module, tainting kernel. >>Jul 1 08:28:57 r6d kernel: comedi: version 0.7.70 - David Schleef >><ds_at_schleef.org> >>Jul 1 08:28:58 r6d kernel: 8255: unsupported module, tainting kernel. >>Jul 1 08:28:58 r6d kernel: mite: unsupported module, tainting kernel. >>Jul 1 08:28:58 r6d kernel: Available NI device IDs: 0x2a60 >>Jul 1 08:28:58 r6d kernel: comedi_fc: unsupported module, tainting kernel. >>Jul 1 08:28:58 r6d kernel: ni_pcimio: unsupported module, tainting kernel. >> >>comedi_config will associate ni_pcimio with /dev/comedi0. >> >>Are these messages important or do they just indicate some 2.4 / 2.6 >>variation? How do I fix them? > > > Those messages are probably due to a missing 'Modules.symvers' file in > the top-level kernel sources directory. For SuSE 9.x, you have to > install the 'kernel-ksyms' package for your kernel to get that file. > Try installing 'kernel-syms', then rebuild comedi with 'make clean', > 'make', 'make install'. At least that worked for SuSE 9.1, but it looks like things have changed for SuSE 9.2/9.3. The 'kernel-syms' package now installs to a different place than the 'kernel-source' package. In face it installs to the same place as the 'kernel-default', 'kernel-smp' or 'kernel-bigsmp' package and looks a bit redundant. It looks like you are meant to use the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.x-x.x-obj/$ARCH/$FLAVOR' directory as your kernel source directory for when building external modules, but that probably won't work for comedi, as it doesn't use the usual kbuild method of building 2.6 kernel modules. Instead, you'll probably have to use the 'first method' for building external modules as described in the '/usr/share/doc/packages/kernel-source/README.SUSE' file (at least for SuSE 9.2) in the 'BUILDING ADDITIONAL (EXTERNAL) MODULES' section, up to and including the 'make modules_prepare' command in step 3. -- -=( Ian Abbott _at_ MEV Ltd. E-mail: <abbotti_at_mev.co.uk> )=- -=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898 FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587 )=-
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