Re: Invalid module format - how does one fix this?

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Ed Tomlinson <tomlins@cam.org> writes:

> 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?

readelf -r module_in_question.o

then look at arch/$ARCH/kernel/module.c and find out which relocation
is not implemented. Then implement it. Enabling DEBUGP there and in
kernel/module.c may also help.

-Andi
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