Re: problems building appletalk module with new kernel

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On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 15:10 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 10:20 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > On Dec 25, 2007 9:47 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I've been doing this on CentOS 4 and CentOS 5 but after installing
> > > 2.6.18-53.1.4el kernel, I'm having a bit of a struggle...
> > >
> > > # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/build \
> > >   SUBDIRS=/usr/src/appletalk modules
> > > make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686'
> > >   CC [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/aarp.o
> > >   CC [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/ddp.o
> > >   CC [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/dev.o
> > >   CC [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/atalk_proc.o
> > >   CC [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.o
> > >   LD [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/appletalk.o
> > >   Building modules, stage 2.
> > >   MODPOST
> > >   CC      /usr/src/appletalk/appletalk.mod.o
> > >   LD [M]  /usr/src/appletalk/appletalk.ko
> > > make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686'
> > >
> > > # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/build \
> > >   SUBDIRS=/usr/src/appletalk modules_install
> > > make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686'
> > >   INSTALL /usr/src/appletalk/appletalk.ko
> > >   DEPMOD  2.6.18-53.1.4.el5
> > > make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686'
> > >
> > > and here is my problem...
> > > # insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/extra/appletalk.ko
> > > insmod: error inserting
> > > '/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/extra/appletalk.ko': -1 Invalid module
> > > format
> > >
> > > The above reflects an adjustment in my Makefile but it didn't seem to
> > > help
> > >
> > > why all of a sudden, this 'Invalid module format' ?
> > >
> > > Craig
> > 
> > I was able to build and install appletalk.ko under 2.6.18-53.1.4.
> > 
> > What do you see with:
> > 
> > /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/extra/appletalk.ko
> > 
> > Does the vermagic agree with your running kernel?  Also, where did you
> > get the source for appletalk?  Is that the stuff from net/appletalk in
> > your kernel's source tree?
> > 
> > Another option may be to follow the wiki:
> > 
> > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules
> ----
> I think I see the problem...it appears that it installed and booted the
> xen kernel
> 
> Will change and reboot with non-xen kernel
----
yup - that was it.

# lsmod|grep appletalk
appletalk              39980  36

OK, I thought I ended xen excursions by removing previous copy of xen
kernel but obviously it came back with updates. How do I make sure that
xen kernel doesn't get installed next time?

Craig

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