[NBLUG/talk] ADMTEK 8211 driver for 2.6 kernel (FC2)

Dave Sisley dsisley at arczip.com
Tue May 25 11:17:46 PDT 2004


On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 09:44:30AM -0700, Troy Arnold wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 07:30:32AM -0700, Dave Sisley wrote:
> > RUNNING INSMOD:
> > -------------
> > [root at jupiter adm8211]# insmod adm8211.o
> > insmod: error inserting 'adm8211.o': -1 Invalid module format
> 
> Just a guess, but did you build the module with the same version of gcc
> as was used to build the kernel?
> 
> You can get your current gcc version with:
> gcc -v
> 
> You can find out what was used to build your kernel with:
> cat /proc/version
> 
> If you find, for instance, that your kernel was built with gcc 3.2, but
> your default compiler is gcc 3.3, then you can do:
> export CC=gcc-3.2 ; make && make install
> 
> This is just an example, of course, and assumes that both gcc 3.2 and
> 3.3 are available and working on your system.
> 
> -troy

Thanks, troy.

I checked as you suggested, and I'm afraid that both versions of gcc
are the same:  3.3.3

As I indicted in my previous post, I've emailed the maintainer of the
driver, so I'll wait and see what he's got to say.

-dave.

-- 
Dave Sisley
dsisley at arczip.com
roth-sisley.net




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