[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Loading the kernel module

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Loading the kernel module

[Rob Lourens]

Hi,

I'm having trouble with loading the kernel module. I'm sure it's just
a dumb mistake on my part. I compiled the module, loaded it with
insmod, and I can add interfaces using
/sys/class/net/wlan0/batman_adv, but batctl says that the kernel
module may not be loaded. It's true that there is no folder
/proc/net/batman-adv.

rob@ubuntu:/usr/src/batman-adv-2011.4.0$ sudo insmod batman-adv.ko
[sudo] password for rob:
rob@ubuntu:/usr/src/batman-adv-2011.4.0$ lsmod | grep batman
batman_adv             83597  0
rob@ubuntu:/usr/src/batman-adv-2011.4.0$ sudo batctl if
Error - the folder '/proc/net/batman-adv/' was not found within the
proc filesystem
Please make sure that the batman-adv kernel module is loaded
rob@ubuntu:/usr/src/batman-adv-2011.4.0$ uname --all
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-33-generic #70-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 7 21:09:46 UTC
2011 i686 GNU/Linux
rob@ubuntu:/usr/src/batman-adv-2011.4.0$ modinfo batman-adv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-33-generic/updates/dkms/batman-adv.ko
version:        0.2
description:    B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced
author:         Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>, Simon
Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
license:        GPL
srcversion:     CE6165E01E79C5D87404D6F
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.32-33-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586


Any idea what I am missing?

Thanks,
Rob Lourens

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Loading the kernel module

[Marek Lindner]

Hi,

> I'm having trouble with loading the kernel module. I'm sure it's just
> a dumb mistake on my part. I compiled the module, loaded it with
> insmod, and I can add interfaces using
> /sys/class/net/wlan0/batman_adv, but batctl says that the kernel
> module may not be loaded. It's true that there is no folder
> /proc/net/batman-adv.

seems your batctl is way outdated. What batctl version do you have ? Simply 
run "batctl -v". Before the restructuring 2 years ago the interface 
configuration happened in /proc/net/batman-adv.

Regards,
Marek

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Loading the kernel module

[Rob Lourens]

You're right, I realized I'm using the version from the Ubuntu
repositories, which is .2, and not the current version.

Thanks!

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> I'm having trouble with loading the kernel module. I'm sure it's just
>> a dumb mistake on my part. I compiled the module, loaded it with
>> insmod, and I can add interfaces using
>> /sys/class/net/wlan0/batman_adv, but batctl says that the kernel
>> module may not be loaded. It's true that there is no folder
>> /proc/net/batman-adv.
>
> seems your batctl is way outdated. What batctl version do you have ? Simply
> run "batctl -v". Before the restructuring 2 years ago the interface
> configuration happened in /proc/net/batman-adv.
>
> Regards,
> Marek