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Hey Guys, i am new in Linux and am having the above error when loading my compiled module. Someone asked me to compare the module version and kernel version to ...
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- 09-06-2011 #1Just Joined!
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insmod: error inserting 'hello_cdev.ko': -1 Invalid module format
Hey Guys, i am new in Linux and am having the above error when loading my compiled module. Someone asked me to compare the module version and kernel version to find out whether they are the same : I did the comparisons but the problem is i don't know how to interpret my results, please assist: the sample run is show below :
uname -r
2.6.38-8-generic
modinfo hello_cdev.ko
filename: hello_cdev.ko
license: GPL
srcversion: 46A6BD6708886186C0A7FC8
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.38.8 SMP mod_unload modversions 686
sudo insmod hello_cdev.ko
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insmod: error inserting 'hello_cdev.ko': -1 Invalid module format
- 09-06-2011 #2Linux Guru
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Is it possible that the module was built for either a different architecture or word size (64-bit module vs. 32-bit OS)?
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