[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS on ia64_linux24

[Alf Wachsmann]

Hi,

I have an SMP machine with Itanium 2 CPUs running "Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS release 3" and I am trying to get OpenAFS 1.2.13 (our current
production version on clients) working on it.

Everything compiles fine but the kernel module does not load:

alfw@machine> insmod -f
/usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.21-sgi302r24-ia64.mp.o
/usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.21-sgi302r24-ia64.mp.o: unresolved symbol check_tasklist_locked
/usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.21-sgi302r24-ia64.mp.o:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
      and it has unresolved symbols.  The module may be trying to access
      GPLONLY symbols but the problem is more likely to be a coding or
      user error.  Contact the module supplier for assistance, only they
      can help you.


Searching for the "check_tasklist_locked" in /boot/System.map and
/proc/ksyms shows:

alfw@machine> grep check_tasklist_locked /boot/System.map
e000000004502e20 T check_tasklist_locked
e000000004b01758 R __ksymtab_check_tasklist_locked
e000000004d28070 R __kstrtab_check_tasklist_locked

alfw@machine> grep check_tasklist_locked /proc/ksyms
e000000004d38190 GPLONLY_check_tasklist_locked

alfw@machine> cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted
3


This is with kernel 2.4.21-sgi302r24.
SGI is telling me that the module does not load because of the GPL
violation but I think the "unresolved symbol" is the problem.

Any tips how I can make this work?

Many thanks,
                  Alf.

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