diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d6b66cb..fcce18d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 -*- change-log -*-
+2009-06-29 Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
+	do not use relay when Module.symvers is not present
+
 2009-04-09 Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
 	avoid premature I/O failure: maintain timings on frame reassigment
 	version-71
diff --git a/conf/25-kv.sh b/conf/25-kv.sh
index eabb373..e98ff68 100644
--- a/conf/25-kv.sh
+++ b/conf/25-kv.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ for t in fs5 relay5 relay6; do
 	$make_cmd > $log 2>&1
 	test "$?" = "0" &&
 	test -z "`grep 'relay_open.*undefined' $log`" &&
+	test -z "`grep -i 'Module.symvers' $log`" &&
 	{ echo $t; exit 0; }
 done
 
diff --git a/linux/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/linux/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index 47111ae..d097a5c 100644
--- a/linux/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/linux/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2009 Coraid, Inc.  See COPYING for GPL terms. */
-#define VERSION "71"
+#define VERSION "72pre1"
 #define AOE_MAJOR 152
 #define DEVICE_NAME "aoe"