From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Writing modules for 2.5
Date: 15 Apr 2003 14:05:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xllyc7yoz.fsf@zaphod.guide> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <p73adesxane.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de>
Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> 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.
Next question: what is the correct replacement for MOD_INC_USE_COUNT?
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
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2003-04-15 11:28 ` Writing modules for 2.5 Andi Kleen
2003-04-15 12:00 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-04-15 12:05 ` Andi Kleen
2003-04-15 12:05 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
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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