On Fri 6 June 2003 10:50, Christoph Wirz wrote: > Hello, > > I have redhat 9.0 with kernel 2.4.20-8 running and the > kernel-source-2.4.20-8.i386.rpm installed. The source tree is under > /usr/linux-2.4/ > > When I compile a module against the source tree and want to insert it > thereafter, I get the following message: > > root@tuerli dd]# /sbin/insmod ./hello-1.o > ./hello-1.o: kernel-module version mismatch > ./hello-1.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.20 > while this kernel is version 2.4.20-8. > > with /sbin/insmod -f ./hello-1.o it works. > > My attempt: > ---------- > I recompiled the kernel and gave it an custom name. Result: The problem > persisted. Only when I recompiled the kernel and gave it the name: > 2.4.20 . The /sbin/insmod command worked properly. My conclusion: There > must be a silly version check arround about which I dont' know and which > only compares strings. > > My questions: > ------------ > -How can I compile the module that this warning doesn't occur > > anymore(because source-tree and compiled kernel in my > machine are the same, they only have different names.) > -Is there a command arround to determine the source tree's > > version? > -How does the gcc-compiler know where to look for the kernel > header files? Is there a Environment Variable which > determines that? Is there a default location? > > Thanks a lot, > Christoph go in your source tree and look at the main Makefile. VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 4 SUBLEVEL = 20 EXTRAVERSION = This one is for a 2.4.20... is there any EXTRAVERSION=-8? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP PKEY http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=belch76@libero.it&op=index ICQ# 104896040 Netphone/Fax 178.605.7063 Homepage http://web.tiscali.it/bellucda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniele Bellucci -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
