Re: Q:Kernel version and insmod refusal

[Ron Rademaker <ron@wep.tudelft.nl>]

There are a few things you could try:

- Compile a kernel where you don't add your ethernetcard as a module.
- Compile a kernel where you select 'Set kernel version on all modules'
(or something like that, when using make menuconfig it's in the same menu
as 'Enable modules').
- Make sure you did both 'make modules' and 'make modules_install'
- What does modprobe 3905x say??

Ron 

> Hello,
> 
> I am running/installing a Debian 2.1 distribution that came packaged with the 
> O'Reilly book "Learning Debian GNU/Linux". I guess this is Slink.
> 
> I have been trying to install the module support for a 3905 3com ethernet 
> card. 3Com supply the driver as c code; I compile this and then try to do 
> insmod 3905x.0. This command returns:
> 390x.o was compiled for kernel version 2.0.36 whilst this kernel is 2.2.12.
> 
> uname tells me that I am indeed running 2.2.12
> 
> When I asked 3com about this, they suggested I recompile my kernel and try 
> again. I did this, with exactly the same results.
> 
> So where does insmod get the information about the version for which the 
> driver was compiled, and how can I change this?
> 
> with appreciation,
> 
> Tony CP