(1) I compiled the kernel with the CONFIG_B44=m option
(2) then I booted with this new kernel 2.6.18
(3) at his time lsmod |grep b44 showed b44 (that means module loaded at boot time)
(4) then , I removed the module : modprobe -r b44 (at this point I lost the network connection)
(5) then I took b44.c and b44.h from drivers folder of the kernel and compiled them seperately (away from the kernel) -> this compiled successfully
(6) insmod b44.ko gave me those errors !!!
Any clue , why ?
Onkar
On Jan 29, 2008 12:05 PM, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you compiled with the same kernel version which you are running ?
I guess u are using 2.4 kernel.
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On Jan 29, 2008 12:02 PM, Onkar <onkar.n.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was experimenting with the etnernet driver code : Broadcom b44 NIC . I
> took the code from the linux kernel /drivers directory and tried to compile
> it seperately and insert into the running kernel.
> the kernel is just freshly compiled ??
>
> insmod: error inserting './b44.o': -1 Invalid module format ??
>
> Can I not do it like that ?? I even tried to insert the module compiled
> during kernel compilation in the drivers directoy .. but that too is giving
> the same results.
>
> Please guide me to point out whats going wrong ?
>
>
>
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