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Bug 126688 - ppc32 livecd has broken nfs support
Summary: ppc32 livecd has broken nfs support
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2006-03-18 09:46 UTC by Ted
Modified: 2006-09-01 14:30 UTC (History)
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Description Ted 2006-03-18 09:46:37 UTC
emerge --info is N/A  since it is booted from livecd
Comment 1 Ted 2006-03-18 09:54:53 UTC
Booted livecd to nfs copy my filesystem off in order to repartition drive. Mounted filesystem.  Tried to export fs via nfs, no luck.  Created directory to mount nfs shared directory from remote box.  

livecd mnt # mount 192.168.123.2:/mnt/free-spot place-to-mount -t nfs
mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'

livecd mnt # modprobe nfs
FATAL: Module nfs not found.

livecd / # ls /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5/kernel/fs/nfs/*
/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5/kernel/fs/nfs/nfs.ko


System:  imac G4
Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-19 08:19:42 UTC
When I manually force the loading of the nfs module, I get:

livecd nfs # insmod ./nfs.ko 
insmod: error inserting './nfs.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
livecd nfs # dmesg
<snip>
nfs: Unknown symbol nlmclnt_proc
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_new_task
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_proc_register
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_wake_up_task
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_write_pages
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_shutdown_client
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_recv
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_inline_decode
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_mkpipe
nfs: Unknown symbol lockd_down
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_wake_up
nfs: Unknown symbol lockd_up
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_encode_opaque
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_read_pages
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_encode_opaque_fixed
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_sleep_on
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_init_task
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_encode_pages
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_setbufsize
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_clnt_sigmask
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_clone_client
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_process
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_init_decode
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_max_payload
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_proc_unregister
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_destroy
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_create
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_call_sync
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_queue_upcall
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_delay
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_makesock
nfs: Unknown symbol svc_create_thread
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_execute
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_killall_tasks
nfs: Unknown symbol rpciod_up
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_reserve_space
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_clnt_sigunmask
nfs: Unknown symbol rpcauth_lookupcred
nfs: Unknown symbol rpciod_down
nfs: Unknown symbol xprt_create_proto
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_restart_call
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_inline_pages
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_call_setup
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_init_wait_queue
nfs: Unknown symbol put_rpccred
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_unlink
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_call_async
nfs: Unknown symbol rpcauth_create
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_init_encode
nfs: Unknown symbol nfs_debug
nfs: Unknown symbol rpc_create_client
nfs: Unknown symbol xdr_shift_buf

There is also a similar issue with the ipv6 module:

livecd nfs # modprobe ipv6
FATAL: Error inserting ipv6 (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5/kernel/net/ipv6/ipv6.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
livecd nfs # dmesg
<snip>
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_register_queue_rerouter
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_setsockopt
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_hook_slow
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_hooks
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_unregister_queue_rerouter
ipv6: Unknown symbol nf_getsockopt

I poked JoseJX about the ipv6 problem, but he wasn't able to reproduce.
Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-07-21 06:40:36 UTC
Can we verify that this isn't a problem with the 2006.1 pre-release materials?
Comment 4 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-12 12:00:33 UTC
Bug 143637 looks like it might be the same thing.
Comment 5 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-12 14:51:25 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Bug 143637 looks like it might be the same thing.

nfs-mounting works without problems on 2006.1.

Load the module nfs, start /etc/init.d/nfsmount and mount your desired network data.
Comment 6 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-12 14:58:34 UTC
On 2006.0, the problem only affected some people for some reason. JoseJX had tried to reproduce it unsuccessfully, but other people (including me) hit it every time. I haven't tested the 2006.1 stuff to see if it still affects me.
Comment 7 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-09-01 14:30:21 UTC
This appears to be fixed in 2006.1's media.