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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Invalid module format - how does one fix this?
Date: 24 Nov 2002 15:25:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3vg2nniym.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200211240859.35516.tomlins@cam.org>

Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org> writes:

> FATAL: Error inserting /lib/modules/2.5.49-mm1/kernel/ac97_codec.o: Invalid module format
> 
> I get this on about 10% of the modules I want to load.  How do I fix it?

readelf -r module_in_question.o

then look at arch/$ARCH/kernel/module.c and find out which relocation
is not implemented. Then implement it. Enabling DEBUGP there and in 
kernel/module.c may also help. 

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-24 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-24 13:59 Invalid module format - how does one fix this? Ed Tomlinson
2002-11-24 14:25 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2002-11-24 14:59   ` Ed Tomlinson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-24 14:50 J.E.J. Bottomley
2002-11-24 15:30 ` Ed Tomlinson

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