On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, atticclaw wrote: > Hi, > Well I have vmware 4.0 in which I have installed RH 9.0 it comes with kernel > 2.4.20-8 . I have downloaded fresh kernel 2.4.18 . I am tryibg to configure the > kerne l but it is giving me an error saying tht my module sd_mod.o is compile for > kernel 2.4.22 while I am using kernel 2.4.18 . > Why is this is happeneing ? > Pls help me out
Mmmm. I think it's because add-on modules are compiled for a given kernel. They're not supposed to work with kernels for which they were not compiled. That said, I've forced one to run with the -f switch and had it work ok (a NIC module) for me - I think others will advise you against trying this though, and if you have alot of modules it might not work for you like it did for me anyway. So, assuming you've compiled your own 2.4.18 kernel, I'm pretty sure you'll need to compile a new set of modules for it. If you didn't compile your own kernel, you'll need to do that first, since I think to compile the modules you'll need to have kernel headers available (they only appear in your system if you've compiled your own kernel). Please wait for others to respond to your question too, since I'm not any kind of big authority on this list. James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
