Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:54:08 -0700
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: <linuxmodule@altern.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test3 module compilation
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:39:19 +0200 (CEST) <linuxmodule@altern.org> wrote:

| I am trying to compile a module on 2.6.0-test3 kernel. The makefile i am using is a pretty normal one : 
| 
| CFLAGS = -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test3/include -O
| dummy.o: dummy.c
| 
| The module i am trying to compile is taken from the kernel itself (dummy network device driver). The
| compilation works flawlessly but when i try to insert the module i get : invalid module format.
| What am i doing wrong because i have modutils and module-init and both work, since the same module (dummy)
| compiled with the kernel itself can be inserted and removed without the previous error message.
| Is there something i should know about the compilation process ? The kernel-compiled module (dummy.ko) has
| about 10 Kbytes and dummy.ko compiled by me has only 2 Kbytes :(

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Can you try a Makefile and instructions like this?

# makefile for dummy module
# usage:
# cd /path/to/kernel/source && make SUBDIRS=/path/to/source/dummymod/ modules

obj-m := dummy.o

clean-files := *.o


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~Randy   [MOTD:  Always include kernel version.]
"Everything is relative."
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