Messages in this thread | | | From | Ed Tomlinson <> | Subject | Re: Invalid module format - how does one fix this? | Date | Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:30:07 -0500 |
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On November 24, 2002 09:50 am, J.E.J. Bottomley wrote: > > 2.5.49-mm1 works ok here (shpte enabled too). I see two frustrating > > problems left with the modules change (user perspective). The most > > irratating one is messages like: > > > > FATAL: Error inserting /lib/modules/2.5.49-mm1/kernel/ac97_codec.o: > > Invalid module format > > > > I get this on about 10% of the modules I want to load. How do I fix > > it? > > It seems that the new module loader *requires* init routines (they were > optional on the old one) so a lot of modules that are simply helper > routines and didn't previously have an init now need one. > > I fixed this on my 53c700.c library module by adding > > no_module_init; > > at the end of the file. > > > The second is that automatic loading is not working. Manually loading > > modules is a PITA. What plans are there to fix this? > > This hasn't annoyed me enough that I've looked into it yet. I suspec the > new modprobe doesn't know about the in-kernel module names (or to look in > /etc/modules.conf) yet.
Thanks James. Including init.h and adding no_module_init fixes ac97_codec. Now to see if the matrox fb stuff also can be fixed.
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