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Re: Boot message : Unknown symbol ...



Hello,
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 10:33:13AM +0200, Bin Zhang wrote:
> I built the debian linux source 2.6.13 on my ibook G4 1.2 Ghz.
> Sometimes  I have this boot message:
> ---------------------------------------------
> usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> usbcore: registered new driver hub
> Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
> uninorth_agp: Unknown symbol agp_bridge
> uninorth_agp: Unknown symbol agp_find_bridge
... 
> This happens after udev upgrade (hotplug deleted). I don't know if
> this is a udev problem or a kernel problem.

Check out recent bug reports about udev. There is a problem, that some
modules are loaded "too fast", i.e., before their dependencies are
properly registered. This explains the "sometimes", as on some boots
the first modules makes it in time to be ready for the later one.

Greetings

           Helge

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