J Landman <landman@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Dave Sill wrote:
> >
> > Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Unless you are building a kernel that has to run on multiple machines
> > > with different hardware (i.e. a distribution) I strongly recommend that
> > > you do not use mkinitrd. Build your root driver and filesystem into
> > > the kernel,
> >
> > How? Via "make xconfig"? Do I just do "lsmod" and configure the listed
> > modules into the kernel?
>
> Actually you are prompted for a yes/module/no (via radio buttons) from
> xconfig. Select the yes option instead of the module option.
OK, let's get one thing out of the way: I'm not a clueless newbie, so
please spare me the newbie answers. Yes, I know xconfig allows you to
configure things in/out/module. My question was how do I determine
exactly which things need to be configured in, and which can be left
as modules, in order to boot without a ram disk.
> > So what could be causing the modules not to load?
>
> Unresolved dependencies with regards to other modules which failed to
> load. Look at your logs (/var/log/syslog) to see what failed to load
> and what succeeded.
No modules successfully locaded. Here are the log entries:
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_unregister_chrdev
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
schedule_timeout
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__wake_up
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__generic_copy_from_user
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol schedule
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol kmalloc
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_mk_dir
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol proc_bus
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__get_free_pages
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
unregister_filesystem
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol iput
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
send_sig_info
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
remove_wait_queue
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
try_inc_mod_count
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
kill_proc
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol d_rehash
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_unregister
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
register_filesystem
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
free_pages
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
proc_mkdir
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
d_alloc_root
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
interruptible_sleep_on
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__pollwait
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol kfree
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
remove_proc_entry
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
call_usermodehelper
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_register_chrdev
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
hotplug_path
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
add_wait_queue
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol xtime
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
simple_strtoul
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol sprintf
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
daemonize
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
d_instantiate
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol strtok
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol iget4
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol printk
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol irq_stat
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
kernel_thread
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__const_udelay
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
__generic_copy_to_user
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: unresolved symbol
up_and_exit
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o failed
Mar 28 10:05:53 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o: insmod usb-uhci failed
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite rc.sysinit: Loading sound module (emu10k1): failed
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_unregister_chrdev
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_register
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
kmalloc
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_mk_dir
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
vfree
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
try_inc_mod_count
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
sys_close
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_unregister
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
request_module
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
devfs_register_chrdev
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
sprintf
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
__vmalloc
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol
printk
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o failed
Mar 28 10:05:54 malachite modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.4.2-XFS/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: insmod emu10k1 failed
I don't know why only usb and sound were logged.
-Dave
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