Re: IA32 5336 NV driver and SMP Debian/Woody system: unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus
This problem was fixed by disabling the MODVERSIONS option in the kernel
configuration and rebuilding the kernel.
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:11, James D. Freels wrote:
> I have a Debian/Woody/Stable system with a NVIDIA XFX FX-5200 card
> installed in the AGP slot. I am running 2.4.25 in smp mode compiled from
> source in the /usr/src/linux-2.4.25 directory. A backported "top"
> program and other ways reveals that the system is running fine in
> hyperthreaded mode (simulating 4 processors).
>
> I have tried to install the 5336-pkg1 both with the nvidia-installer and
> with the "make install" from source. Both ways will not allow the driver
> to run due to an unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus.
>
> I have already tried all the options available to for the installer to
> recognize the correct source directory. Indeed, the driver compiles
> correctly, but will not link to the reference (or it is not found on the
> compile step).
>
> Please help fix this problem. Attached is the
> /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
>
> nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> creation time: Tue Apr 6 15:39:51 2004
>
> option status:
> license pre-accepted : false
> update : false
> force update : false
> expert : true
> uninstall : false
> driver info : false
> no precompiled interface: false
> no ncurses color : false
> query latest driver ver : false
> OpenGL header files : false
> no questions : false
> silent : false
> XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
> OpenGL install prefix : /usr
> Installer install prefix: /usr
> kernel source path : (not specified)
> kernel install path : (not specified)
> proc mount point : /proc
> ui : (not specified)
> tmpdir : /tmp
> ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com
>
> chdir("./")
> Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
> -> Searching for system utilities:
> -> found `insmod` : `/sbin/insmod`
> -> found `modprobe` : `/sbin/modprobe`
> -> found `rmmod` : `/sbin/rmmod`
> -> found `lsmod` : `/sbin/lsmod`
> -> found `depmod` : `/sbin/depmod`
> -> found `ldconfig` : `/sbin/ldconfig`
> -> found `ld` : `/usr/bin/ld`
> -> found `objcopy` : `/usr/bin/objcopy`
> -> License accepted.
> -> Kernel module installation path (Answer:
> '/lib/modules/2.4.25/kernel/drivers/video ')
> -> Kernel module installation path:
> /lib/modules/2.4.25/kernel/drivers/video
> -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would
> you li
> ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your
> kernel f
> rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No)
> -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this
> means
> that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
> -> Kernel source path (Answer: '/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/ ')
> -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/'
> -> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
> -> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
> executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
> rm -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-linux.o
> nv_compiler.h *
> .d NVdriver nvidia.o
> -> Building kernel module:
> executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module
> SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/'...
> echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > nv_compiler.h
> cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
> -Wp
> arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__
> -DMO
> DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> -D__KE
> RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
> -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5
> 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_
> RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error
> nv.c
> In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8,
> from nv-linux.h:62,
> from nv.c:14:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap':
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of
> type `
> void *' used in arithmetic
> cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
> -Wp
> arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__
> -DMO
> DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> -D__KE
> RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
> -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5
> 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_
> RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error
> os-a
> gp.c
> In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8,
> from nv-linux.h:62,
> from os-agp.c:24:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap':
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of
> type `
> void *' used in arithmetic
> cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
> -Wp
> arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__
> -DMO
> DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> -D__KE
> RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
> -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5
> 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_
> RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno
> -cast-qual -Wno-error os-interface.c
> In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8,
> from nv-linux.h:62,
> from os-interface.c:26:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap':
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of
> type `
> void *' used in arithmetic
> cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
> -Wp
> arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__
> -DMO
> DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
> -D__KE
> RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
> -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5
> 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_
> RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error
> os-r
> egistry.c
> In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8,
> from nv-linux.h:62,
> from os-registry.c:14:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap':
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of
> type `
> void *' used in arithmetic
> ld -r -o nv-linux.o nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o
> ld -r -o nvidia.o nv-linux.o nv-kernel.o
> -> done.
> -> Kernel module compilation complete.
> executing: '/sbin/insmod ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o
> silence_nvidia_output=1'...
> ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_call_function
> ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_num_cpus
> ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o:
> Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
> and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for
> assistance, only they can help you.
>
> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. This is most likely
> because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files.
> Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
> kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
> 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source
> files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
> '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
> ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
> '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
> on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
> driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
--
James D. Freels, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
freelsjd@ornl.gov
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