make modules_install : unknown symbols

[Steve Howlett]

>Hello,
>
>I downloaded linux kernel 2.6.8.1 from kernel.org and proceeded to
>compile and install it.
>
>The compilation is somewhat different than with the 2.4 kernels I'm more
>accustomed to.
>
>Everything seems to go well enough (although make gconfig didn't work)
>until
> make modules_install
>
>After much installation followed by much reflection, depmod reports
>rafts and rafts of unknown symbols.
>
>I seem to have taken a basic misstep somewhere and would appreciate
>being put back on track.
>
>This is with Fedora 2.


>-- 
>John Francis Lee <jfl at robinlea.com>


You need to install updated tools module_init_tools & modutils. You can find them at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules. 

This and what else to expect when upgrading to a 2.6 kernel can be found in this document : http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt.

Hope this helps
Steve