Hi, 'Invalid module' is typically thrown when you don't compile your module against the kernel you are linking into. I think __versions section is added by vermagic.o as part of build process. Please refer http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/ch02.pdf, Version dependency section for more details. Thanks, Ramesh On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Pritam Bankar <pritambankar1988@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Pritam Bankar > <pritambankar1988@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Any idea what causes __versions section to get added in *.ko module. A >> simple hello.ko on ubuntu 12.04 i386 machine gets loaded successfully. >> Other module just doesn't get loaded giving error " Invalid module ". >> When I compared both modules with objdump -h I found __versions >> section was missing from second module and that can be the reason its >> not getting loaded. How can I add this section to other .ko ? What >> causes __versions to get added in ko ? > > > I have compiled both modules with modpost and Module.symvers. > > > Thanks, > Pritam Bankar > > -- > > Pritam Bankar > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
