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From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Issue with loading a module
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Sean Thomson wrote this message on Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 15:07 -0600:
> In working with a device driver, sometimes
> after I rebuild it and reload it, I'll get
> system log errors like
>  
> 'link_elf: symbol yyz undefined'

I assume that it fails to load when you get this message?

> Actually, I'll  get an entry for all my 
> exported symbols. If I reboot, it clears
> up.

exported from your kernel module?

> I'm working on a stock 6.1 kernel.
>  
> Has anyone else seen this? I poked around
> the mailing lists but didn't find any
> like this?

Usually this is due to depending upon symbols that another module
exports, but not having a MODULE_DEPEND line to let one module see
the other module's symbols...

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