Problem loading a module

louai · 01-07-2004, 08:10 PM

On a fresh install of SuSE 8.0 on an SMP system ...
I compiled a module, but when I do insmod <My_module.o> I get a "kernel-module version mismatch ... My_module.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.19-4GB while this kernel is version 2.4.19-64GB-SMP"

My Makefile to build the module gets the kernel version by doing a "uname -r", yet I'm not why the OS thinks it's compiled for a different kernel version ?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

watashiwaotaku7 · 01-07-2004, 09:57 PM

because it is compiled for a different kernel, rather than risk locking up and breaking systems the the developers would rather play it safe and not trust users to know when their patches wont change critical things for the module recompile your module with usr/src/linux pointing to where the currently used kernel is placed