[Gta04-owner] Linux 3.2-rc3 on GTA04

[NeilBrown]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:34:12 +0100 Johannes Schauer <j.schauer at email.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 01:04:08PM +0000, Neil Jerram wrote:
> > FWIW, I did not need to do a "modprobe g_ether".  USB connectivity
> > worked for me automatically.
> > 
> > (Of course there may be something different in your setup, and your
> > point may still be important for other modules.)
> 
> I would like to find out what is missing as for all the years i've been
> building rootfs I never had that issue.

It sounds a bit like a tool-chain problem to me.

What does
   objdump -j __versions -s  g_ether.ko
report?

I get:

Contents of section __versions:
 0000 f4bfb24d 6d6f6475 6c655f6c 61796f75  ...Mmodule_layou
 0010 74000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  t...............
 0020 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
 0030 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
 0040 9e97b86b 64657669 63655f72 656d6f76  ...kdevice_remov
 0050 655f6669 6c650000 00000000 00000000  e_file..........
 0060 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
 0070 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
 0080 b65ce765 5f5f6c69 73745f64 656c5f65  .\.e__list_del_e
 0090 6e747279 00000000 00000000 00000000  ntry............
 ....
 ....


As you see the first symbol listed is module_layout which has a version of 
f4bfb24d, which is a crc of something I think.

I suspect you don't have  that entry or maybe don't have the whole section.

NeilBrown
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