From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750947AbVHQHGq (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:06:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750948AbVHQHGq (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:06:46 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:51335 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750946AbVHQHGq (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:06:46 -0400 Subject: Re: insmod error: Invalid module format. From: Arjan van de Ven To: Nikhil Dharashivkar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <17db6d3a050816235729eff2c0@mail.gmail.com> References: <17db6d3a050816235729eff2c0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:06:34 +0200 Message-Id: <1124262394.3220.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 12:27 +0530, Nikhil Dharashivkar wrote: > Hi all, > I have RH9 installed with 2.6.7-1 kernel. I am able to compile > the module but , when i load this module using insmod i get an error > "insmod: error inserting './simple.o': -1 Invalid module format" > > Please, any one tell me what is this meant ? > this means that you didn't read the documentation on how to build modules for your 2.6.7 kernel.