RE: error in loading the module

["Amit Limaye" <amit.limaye@xxxxxxxxx>]

thts not all the build system for kernel modules has changed in 2.6
Check Some articles on the net as to how to build modules for the kernel

one place i can suggest is www.lwn.net

-SIGTERM
amit




-----Original Message-----
From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Anandraj
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:19 PM
To: 'Pankaj'; 'kernelnewbies'
Subject: RE: error in loading the module


Hi,
Well in 2.6 kernels the kernel module files will have the extension .ko not
a .o file
So try doin a insmod hello.ko

HTH
Anand

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.
> linux.org]On Behalf Of Pankaj
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:49 PM
> To: kernelnewbies
> Subject: error in loading the module
>
>
> hi,
> I have just started to learn Kernel Module Programming from
> Linux kernel
> Module Programming Guide.But I am facing a problem in loading
> the module
> in the kernel.
> The code is as follows:
>
> /* hello.c */
> #include<linux/module.h>
> #include<linux/kernel.h>
> #include<linux/init.h>
> //#define MODULE
> //#define __KERNEL__
> static int hello_init(void){
> printk(KERN_ALERT "loaded in the kernel\n");
> return 0 ;
> }
>
> static void hello_exit(void){
> printk(KERN_ALERT "successfully unloaded\n");
> }
> module_init(hello_init);
> module_exit(hello_exit);
>
>
> The source file is hello.c
> The kernel version against which it is compiled is : 2.6.4
> The kernel against which it is loaded is : 2.6.4
> The command and command line options used for compiling are
> as follows:
>
> gcc -o2 -c hello.c -Wall -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__
> -isystem/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
>
> But when i try to load the module in the kernel it gives the following
> error :
>
> No module found in object
> insmod : error inserting 'hello.o ' : -1 invalid module format
>
> Am I missing something ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Pankaj
>
>
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