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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: insmod failing to insert a simple module
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:24:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160929112440.GA16400@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA2oCOmGQJHWrScsXsd5N0EL99HiQjqGUeAQsn1KcM+-shWSGg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 03:26:49PM +0530, Madhu K wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> While inserting a kernel module, insmod is failing with following error.
> 
> 
> insmod: error inserting 'page_walk.ko': Invalid module format.
> 
> I verified the modinfo of "page_walk.ko" it is showing version magic as : 4.0.5_rc7+ SMP mod_unload modversions 686

Is the kernel version that you are currently running also 4.0.5-rc7+?
That is a requirement :)

> what does "mod_unload" mean here?

You have enabled the ability to unload modules.

Also look in your kernel log for any specific error messages when trying
to load a module, it usually will be more verbous than the insmod
program itself.

good luck,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-09-29 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-29  9:56 insmod failing to insert a simple module Madhu K
2016-09-29 10:30 ` Pasquier, Thomas
2016-09-29 10:43   ` Madhu K
2016-09-29 11:24 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-09-29 12:01   ` Madhu K
2016-09-29 12:07     ` Quentin Lambert
2016-09-29 12:10     ` AW:insmod " Johannes Thoma
2016-09-29 12:24       ` insmod " Madhu K
2016-09-29 12:30         ` Alexander Kapshuk
2016-09-29 12:31         ` François
2016-09-29 14:30         ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2016-09-29 12:14     ` Greg KH
2016-09-29 12:27       ` Madhu K
2016-09-29 12:37         ` Greg KH

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