Re: compiling modules after 2.4.* --> 2.6.0 upgrade

[Erik Mouw]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:20:06AM -0600, Ben Srour wrote:
> I'm attempting to port a module I wrote for the 2.4 series to 2.6 but I
> get the following error when I try and insmod:
> 
> 	root@dimension# /usr/sbin/insmod gpstest.o
> 	insmod: error inserting 'gpstest.o': -1 Invalid module format
> 	root@dimension#

You want the .ko file, not the .o file. See also:

- http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt
- http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/


Erik

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