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From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problem while executing insmod
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:23:18 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42E6C5E6.3070505@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ur7c-6k7-13@gated-at.bofh.it>

deepak jose wrote:
> sir/madam,
> 
> i written a module function similar to hello, world in C .i compiled
> it.but when i ,m loading the module i'm getting the error that "the
> kernel compiled is kernel 2.4.20 whereas i'm having 2.4.20-8".
> wat i have to do to load it properly without forcing it to load.
> did i have to change my kernel.
> please suggest me a solution without changing the kernel.

Are you compiling against the same kernel version that's actually 
running on the machine? 2.4.20-8 sounds like a Red Hat 9 kernel version 
(an out of date one, BTW), you cannot build modules against vanilla 
2.4.20 kernel sources and load them into the Red Hat 9 version.

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       reply	other threads:[~2005-07-26 23:32 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <4ur7c-6k7-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-07-26 23:23 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2005-07-26  6:27 problem while executing insmod deepak jose

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