From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264700AbTFQMHC (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:07:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264701AbTFQMHC (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:07:02 -0400 Received: from as4-1-7.has.s.bonet.se ([217.215.31.238]:63380 "EHLO K-7.stesmi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264700AbTFQMG7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:06:59 -0400 Message-ID: <3EEF07B0.4070509@stesmi.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:21:04 +0200 From: Stefan Smietanowski User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Collen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: trying to use a 2.4.18 module in 2.5.71 References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030617140233.00b8bd70@pop.kennisnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.2(snapshot 20021217) (K-7.stesmi.com) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Collen wrote: > g'day just wandering if some one can help me out here... > > i'm trying to use a module from a 2.4.18 kernel > it's for my promise fasttrack s150 tx4 sata cart.. > > now i updated to kernel 2.5.71 and installed the module init tools > copyed the ft3xx.o from 2.4.18 to 2.5.71, made a new initrd > > but it keeps bugging around, i get a "invalid module format" > > i built-in all the loadable module support options (incl. module version > support) > > but i can't get the module loaded.. > annyone anny idea ?? Usually the fact that it's for 2.4.18 should ring a bell. You can't use modules across versions and definately not across minors. // Stefan