Re: Invalid module format in Fedora core2

[Payasam Manohar]

hai sam,
   thanks for ur valuable info reg. 2.6 module insertion.




  Thanks&Regards,

  P.Manohar,
 n Fri, 25 Feb 2005, it was written:

> > There are new books that you are supposed to buy which will
> > tell you how to re-write all your modules to interface with
> > the new crap.
> Whats wrong with the free articles at lwn.net?
>
> > I attached a typical makefile so you can see how complicated
> > this new crap is.
> This is utterly crap.
>
> There is no difference in the Makefile being in-kernel or for an
> external module if the Makefile is used solely to specify content of the
> Module.
>
> So for a sample module named mymodule you need:
>
> Makefile:
> obj-m      := mymodule.o
> mymodule-y := file1.o file2.o file3.o
>
> Here assuming 3 files are needed to build the actual module.
> If you then want some wrapping to make things a bit easier you can add a
> second file:
>
>
> makefile:
> VERS := $(shell uname -r)
> CDIR := $(shell pwd)
>
> all:
> 	$(MAKE) V=1 -C /usr/src/linux-$(VERS) SUBDIRS=$(CDIR) modules
> 	strip -x -R .note -R .comment mymodule.ko
>
> And nothing special is needed with respect to vermagic etc. The kernel
> do it for you.
>
> Please keep in mind the original poster did not ask for a method that
> could be used for both 2.4 _and_ 2.6.
>
> 	Sam
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