Re: Invalid module format - how does one fix this?

["J.E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>]

> 2.5.49-mm1 works ok here (shpte enabled too).  I see two frustrating
> problems left with the modules change (user perspective).  The most
> irratating one is messages like:

> FATAL: Error inserting /lib/modules/2.5.49-mm1/kernel/ac97_codec.o:
> Invalid module format

> I get this on about 10% of the modules I want to load.  How do I fix
> it?

It seems that the new module loader *requires* init routines (they were 
optional on the old one) so a lot of modules that are simply helper routines 
and didn't previously have an init now need one.

I fixed this on my 53c700.c library module by adding

no_module_init;

at the end of the file.

> The second is that automatic loading is not working.  Manually loading
> modules is a PITA. What plans are there to fix this?

This hasn't annoyed me enough that I've looked into it yet.  I suspec the new 
modprobe doesn't know about the in-kernel module names (or to look in 
/etc/modules.conf) yet.

James