I'm using kernel 2.4.25-gentoo-r2 and I get the attached error message. When I use kernel-2.6.6-mm4 the modules gets inserted without any error message and works! I also tried it with Knoppix3.4 booting with the 2.6.5 kernel and it worked. So the 2.4.x kernels seem to have a problem with this module! Is there anyway to get this module working for 2.4.x ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Using /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irlap_open_R1698cb30 /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_device_setup_Rd786063a /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_qos_bits_to_value_R448b8aaa /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_device_txqueue_empty_R548f6833 /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol setup_dma_R01485953 /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_device_set_media_busy_R51331c3a /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_init_max_qos_capabilies_R6b043eba /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irda_debug_R07c03e02 /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol async_wrap_skb_R8738243f /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o: unresolved symbol irlap_close_Rd8bd2ed6 Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040420-r0, 2.4.25-gentoo-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25-gentoo-r2 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.15 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/lib/jboss /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" DISTDIR="/nfs/svn/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.inode.at/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/nfs/svn/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X X509 acpi alsa apache apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid avantgo avi berkdb bluetooth bonobo cdr chroot crypt cups doc dvd dvdr encode evo faad foomaticdb gcj gd-external gdbm ggi gif gnome gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml idea imap imlib ipv6 irda irmc java javamail javascript jpeg kde kerberos ldap libg++ libgda libwww mad memlimit mhash mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg nas ncurses nls nvidia objc odbc oggvorbis ooo-kde opengl oss pda pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline ruby samba scanner sdl skey slang spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb vim-with-x wifi x86 xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib"
Is this issue still present with the latest gentoo-sources? Have you tried removing /lib/modules/2.4.25-gentoo-r2/kernel/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.o and rerunning "make modules modules_install"?
Please try gentoo-sources-2.4.26 or gentoo-sources-2.4.27 and reopen this bug if you still have this issue, attaching your kernel configuration to this bug.