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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:31:54 -0600
From: Steven Walter <srwalter@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org>
To: Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com>
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Subject: Re: "couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for" - help!
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If my understanding is correct, you need to include version.h without
"#define __NO_VERSION__" in one and only one of your module's .c files.
More than one, and you get redefinition errors; less than one, and its
undefined.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 03:58:38PM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> I'm at a loss to explain why I can't get this working.
> 
> I have a driver written for 2.4 that I'm porting back to 2.2.  Every time I
> think I got it working, something surprises me.  
> 
> First, I had a bunch of link errors on the redifintion of
> __module_kernel_version.  To fix that, someone told me to do this:
> 
> #define __NO_VERSION__
> #include <linux/version.h>
> 
> And sure enough, no more errors.
> 
> However, now I get this error from insmod when I try to load my driver:
> 
> [root@two ttabi]# insmod tdmcddk.sys 
> tdmcddk.sys: couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for
> 
> I've tried all sorts of things - recompiling the kernels, changing the order of
> #include files (version.h, module.h, modversions.h, whatever).  Either the
> driver won't link, or it won't load.
> 
> I had our other Linux programmer (who works only with 2.2) look at the problem,
> but he couldn't figure it out, either.
> 
> I'd be very appreciative of any assistance.
> 
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