Re: Broadcom b43 Drivers

[<tomas@tuxteam.de>]

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On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 05:54:40PM -0500, Jose Martinez wrote:
> I forgot to mention in my last post, when I attempted to install the
> old driver from broadcom which I have used before, I get the
> message:
> 
>    insmod: ERROR: could not insert module wl.ko: Invalid module format
> 
> This has not happened in the past, it just installed and worked fine.]

This means that the module was compiled for a different version (or for a
significantly different configuration) of the kernel you're trying to
feed the module to. You can look int that with modinfo (lives in /sbin):

  tomas@rasputin:~$ /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/3.2.0-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko 
  filename:       /lib/modules/3.2.0-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko
  version:        2.1.3
  license:        GPL
  author:         Xiong Huang <xiong.huang@atheros.com>, Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>, Jay Cliburn <jcliburn@gmail.com>
  description:    Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
  srcversion:     21557C61B6BC6DA20309204
  alias:          pci:v00001969d00001048sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
  depends:        mii
  intree:         Y
  vermagic:       3.2.0-3-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
  parm:           int_mod_timer:Interrupt moderator timer (array of int)
  parm:           debug:Message level (0=none,...,16=all) (int)

HTH
- -- tomás
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