problem while executing insmod

problem while executing insmod

[deepak jose]

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.

Re: problem while executing insmod

[Robert Hancock]

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(an out of date one, BTW), you cannot build modules against vanilla 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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