[Ocfs2-users] 1.2.4 symbols

[Joel Becker]

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 02:55:37PM -0500, Randy Ramsdell wrote:
> I found the issue. There are two locations that have the same named
> modules.
> 
> /lib/modules/2.6.16.27-0.6-smp/extra/ocfs2/   <--- this is where the
> default "make install" puts them
> /lib/modules/2.6.16.27-0.6-smp/kernel/fs/ocfs2/ <--- these are the
> modules that are called with the init scripts etc ...

	Yeah, this is known.

> 2. Remove the offending ocfs2 modules.
> 3. Manually edit the modules.dep and remove the location of old modules.
> 4. Or have the "make install" portion store the modules in second
> location which overwrites the old.

	The 'extra' location is a direct result of "make
modules_install".  That is, it's part of kbuild and can't really be
changed.
	We mostly do 2 or symlink the regular modules to the other
location.  That's when we're developing.  Otherwise, we use packages
that put them in the "correct" place.

Joel

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Joel Becker
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