Re: Invalid module format?

On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:38:23 -0700 Brian D. McGrew wrote:

Seems my failure to post the complete set of files has caused great
confusion. Is that a sign of stress or frustration or both???

Here is a complete listing of all the files, including the Makefile. I
think this is everything now.

I'm facing two problems. First, the 2.6.16 kernel won't load this
driver; throws an invalid module format as where 2.6.15 loads it just
fine.

Secondly, the driver is supposed to allocate kernel memory that's
accessable from userspace. If you see the function
alloc_ibb_user_shared(IbbSoftDev *) and the function
alloc_ibb_image_table_mem(IbbSoftDev *, int); you'll see where I've a
couple of attempts at calling __get_free_pages as well as a shot at
vmalloc. I've narrowed it down to this one section that's killing me.

If anyone can offer help, that would be great because I'm just stuck on
this and have been for six months!!!

Are you running the hardware/kernel in 32-bit mode? or 64-bit?
(I don't know what a Dell PE1800 has/does.)
I'm guessing 32-bit due to all of the warnings I see in x86_64 mode.

The problem could be something as simple as the modules don't have
a MODULE_LICENSE() in them. Are you running a RH/FC kernel or your
own custom kernel? I get this when I load them:

ibb: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.

I can load/unload both of them.

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