From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Writing modules for 2.5
Date: 15 Apr 2003 13:28:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73adesxane.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yw1x7k9w9flm.fsf@zaphod.guide.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård) writes:
> What magic needs to be done when writing modules for linux 2.5.x?
> Insmod tells me "Invalid module format" and the kernel log says "No
> module found in object". I've tried to mimic the foo.mod.c stuff in
> the kernel tree, but I can't figure out the right way to do it.
Welcome to the wonderful new world of in kernel module loading, finally
with understandable error messages. Now bad error reporting is not limited
to netlink anymore.
You need -DKBUILD_BASENAME=name
Also you need module_init/module_exit declarations.
-Andi
next parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-15 11:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <yw1x7k9w9flm.fsf@zaphod.guide.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2003-04-15 11:28 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2003-04-15 12:00 ` Writing modules for 2.5 Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 12:05 ` Andi Kleen
2003-04-15 12:05 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 11:35 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-15 12:39 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 12:57 ` Russell King
2003-04-15 13:24 ` Dave Jones
2003-04-15 15:42 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 21:31 ` Russell King
2003-04-15 14:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-15 12:15 ` Andreas Henriksson
2003-04-15 12:30 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 12:58 ` Russell King
2003-04-15 11:15 Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 14:24 ` Jonathan Corbet
2003-04-15 20:43 ` Sam Ravnborg
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