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Subject: FATAL: Error inserting fm -- invalid module format
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:38:56 +0530
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Thread-Topic: FATAL: Error inserting fm -- invalid module format
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From: "Srinivas G." <srinivasg@esntechnologies.co.in>
To: "linux-kernel-Mailing-list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Dear All,

We were developed a block device driver on linux-2.6.x kernel. We want
to distribute our driver as a RPM Binary. We are using the SuSE 9.1 with
2.6.5-7.71 kernel.

We build the RPM file using the fm.ko file on SuSE 9.1 with 2.6.5-7.71
kernel where fm.ko indicates our Block Driver module.  When I try to run
the RPM file on a different kernel version it has given the following
error message.

FATAL: Error inserting fm
(/lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/kernel/drivers/block/fm.ko): Invalid
module format

As I know the error message indicates that I compiled the driver under
2.6.5-7.71 kernel where as I am trying to insert the module in
2.6.4-52-default kernel.

My question is: Is it possible to compile and build a .ko file with out
including the version information? (i.e. I want to build a RPM file
using fm.ko file which was compiled using 2.6.5-7.71 and to run the RPM
file on a different kernel versions.)

We are not very sure of how to achieve this. 
Please help us address this issue.

Thanks in advance and regards,
Srinivas G
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