Hi, I'm running RedHat 9 with linux 2.4.20-8 kernel on a Pentium III machine. I downloaded linux 2.6.11.5 kernel to my home directory, compiled and built it. My first observation was that I didn't see file vermagic.o in my source tree. I also downloaded the example code from the "Linux Device Drivers" book, 3rd edition. I set the evironment variable KERNELDIR to point to the linux 2.6.11.5 source tree. I was able to build the hello.c example. But when I tried to load it, I got the following error: %insmod hello.ko hello.ko: couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for I also tried insmode with -f and still got the same error. I now hit the wall even after spending a lot of time googling. So here are my questions: 1. Why isn't file vermagic.o generated in my linux 2.6.11.5 source tree even after it was built, I assume, successfully? 2. What is the possible cause of the above loading error for hello.c? 3. Do I have to have linux 2.6.11.5 running in order to load module hello.ko? Thanks for your help. Sam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
