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To: Ben Srour <srour@cs.wisc.edu>
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Subject: Re: compiling modules after 2.4.* --> 2.6.0 upgrade 
From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet)
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> I'm attempting to port a module I wrote for the 2.4 series to 2.6 but I
> get the following error when I try and insmod:
> 
> 	root@dimension# /usr/sbin/insmod gpstest.o
> 	insmod: error inserting 'gpstest.o': -1 Invalid module format
> 	root@dimension#

Try inserting gpstest.ko instead.

Don't have a gpstest.ko?  Head off to 

	http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/

to see how to make one.

jon

Jonathan Corbet
Executive editor, LWN.net
corbet@lwn.net