Re: Can add new module without upgrade the kernel?

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On 30 March 2015 at 23:17, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:58:12PM +0800, Woody Wu wrote:
>> Unfortunately I failed in 'modprobe'.
>>
>> FFC3 3.1.0-ffc3mb-00050-g5874787 # pwd
>> /lib/modules/3.1.0-ffc3mb-00050-g5874787
>> FFC3 3.1.0-ffc3mb-00050-g5874787 # modprobe tun
>> modprobe: can't load module tun (net/tun.ko): invalid module format
>>
>> FFC3 3.1.0-ffc3mb-00050-g5874787 # modinfo net/tun.ko
>> filename:       net/tun.ko
>> license:        GPL
>> author:         (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> description:    Universal TUN/TAP device driver
>> alias:          devname:net/tun
>> depends:
>> vermagic:       3.1.0-ffc3mb-00050-g5874787
>> -ffc3mb-00055-g4c6394f-dirty mod_unload ARMv5
>>
>> Can you help to give a clue?  Thanks in advance!
>
> Please work with the vendor that is forcing you to use such an old and
> obsolete kernel version, they are the only ones that can help you out
> here.

I was the vendor :(   I ported the kernel 2 years ago for my embedded device.

>
> Also look in your kernel log, it will show errors when loading modules
> as to what went wrong.
>
> good luck,
>
> greg k-h



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