Re: madwifi: modprobe complains about "Invalid module format"

[André Wendt <andre.wendt@web.de>]

Frank schrieb:
> Could the kernel you are using have been compiled with a different compiler 
> then the modules you are trying to modprobe?
> 
> Look at $modinfo ath_pci
> There should be a line like the following:
> 	vermagic:       2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 gcc-4.0
> telling you for which kernel headers and with which compiler the module was 
> compiled. This has to equal the values for the kernel.
> 
> Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2005 16:51 schrieb André Wendt:
> 
>>WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_hal.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error
>>inserting wlan (/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/wlan.ko): Invalid module format
>>WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_onoe
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_rate_onoe.ko): Invalid module format FATAL:
>>Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_pci.ko): Invalid
>>module format
>>
>>WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal (/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_hal.ko):
>>Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting wlan
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/wlan.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error
>>inserting ath_rate_onoe (/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_rate_onoe.ko): Invalid
>>module format FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12/net/ath_pci.ko): Invalid module format
>>
>>I set the KERNELPATH variable correctly, and I am using a kernel that
>>supports modules. What am I doing wrong?

Oh great, I could have thought of that myself, Frank. ;-)

I compiled the kernel with gcc-3.3, but I think I might have compiled
the module with the current gcc-4.0.

Thanks, if that doesn't help, I'll post another message on the topic.

Best regards,
Andre