Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:28:56 +0000 | From | Jon Bright <> | Subject | Re: kernel_version needed, but can't be found |
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Du Jinsong wrote:
> Keith Owens wrote: > > #include <module.h>, no need for versions.h. Modules *must* be > > compiled with -DMODULE to expand kernel_version and __this_module. I > > suspect that your compile line is wrong, check how other modules are > > compiled. > > Thanks a lot for your reply, but I've already included <linux/module.h> > and compiled with -DMODULE. So I guess there may be other things that > cause the problem.
Do other modules compile/insmod OK? If they do, as Keith says, you need to check how you're compiling. If not, this could be the same as the weird problem I had once, caused by not having (at the root cause), /etc/localtime set correctly. This caused 'date' to output a string far longer than normal, which in turn caused UTS_VERSION in include/linux/compile.h to be too long, which, in its turn, caused module versions not to get set correctly, resulting in this message. An easy way to check for this would be to try 'uname -a'. If it gives something like:
Linux bespin 2.2.14 #5 SMP Mon Jan 17 17:29:03 GMT 2000 i686 unknown
then I've wasted your time :-( If it gives
Linux bespin 2.2.14 #5 SMP Mon Jan 17 17:29:03 <rubbish from here on>
then this is the problem.
I'm guessing there should really be a check made at compile-time for this problem.
-- Jon Bright Lead Programmer, Silicon Circus Ltd. http://www.siliconcircus.com
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