Re: Kernel Version problems!

[Stefan Blum <Stefan.Blum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rehi,

I think there are two possibilities:

*) Recompiling the kernel with NO_MODVERSIONS (or so),

*) Recompiling the module

I would prefer the second way ;)

Regards,
  Stefan

> Hello,
>        I am trying to build a module.The compilation works fine,but
> while loading the module I get the message" the kernel versionis 2.2.10
> but the module was compiled on 2.2.5". Itried compiling with
> -I/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.10/...... etc without any useful output. At
> last I found out the culprit.The libc-dev package installs the
> /usr/include/linux directory which contains a version.h file.It has a line
> saying #define UTS_VERSION 2.2.5.I think this line is causing the problem.
> But the same file in the kernel-headers-2.2.10 is written correctly.I can
> always load the module using insmod -f.But how to solve this problem? Does
> this mean a libc6-dev exists for every new kernel release? 
>       
> 
> Ramakrishnan M
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