Re: Invalid module format - how does one fix this?

Ed Tomlinson (tomlins@cam.org)
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:30:07 -0500


On November 24, 2002 09:50 am, J.E.J. Bottomley wrote:
> > 2.5.49-mm1 works ok here (shpte enabled too). I see two frustrating
> > problems left with the modules change (user perspective). The most
> > irratating one is messages like:
> >
> > FATAL: Error inserting /lib/modules/2.5.49-mm1/kernel/ac97_codec.o:
> > Invalid module format
> >
> > I get this on about 10% of the modules I want to load. How do I fix
> > it?
>
> It seems that the new module loader *requires* init routines (they were
> optional on the old one) so a lot of modules that are simply helper
> routines and didn't previously have an init now need one.
>
> I fixed this on my 53c700.c library module by adding
>
> no_module_init;
>
> at the end of the file.
>
> > The second is that automatic loading is not working. Manually loading
> > modules is a PITA. What plans are there to fix this?
>
> This hasn't annoyed me enough that I've looked into it yet. I suspec the
> new modprobe doesn't know about the in-kernel module names (or to look in
> /etc/modules.conf) yet.

Thanks James. Including init.h and adding no_module_init fixes ac97_codec.
Now to see if the matrox fb stuff also can be fixed.

Ed Tomlinson
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