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Re: Compiling a specific module without compiling whole of the kernel

On 2/7/06, kanishk rastogi <kanishk_rastogi85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
>
> how do i compile a specific module without compiling
> the whole of the kernel
>
> i tried it by making the make file
>
> obj-m :=scsi_debug.o
>
> and using the command
>
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.12/
> M='/usr/src/linux-2.6.12/drivers/scsi/' modules
> all being according to the pwd
>
> the module got compiled but while inserting it gave
> the error
>
>
> insmod: error inserting 'scsi_debug.ko': -1 Invalid
> module format

Are you compiling module against the same kernel version for which you
are inserting it ?

-Gaurav

>
> thanks
>
>
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