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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:23:08 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Michal Sojka <sojka@planetarium.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: Re: Insmod failed
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On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 06:08:21PM +0100, Michal Sojka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'am porting driver for my USB 2.0 device to 2.5 and when I try insmod 
> my module I get the following:
> 
> Error inserting '/lib/modules/2.5.54/misc/usb-emise.o': -1 Invalid 
> module format
> 
> 
> I compile my module separate of kernel tree with Makefile similar to 
> that in Linux Device Drivers book (Rubini, Corbet). What is the right 
> way to compile standalone modules?

Kai posted the following a few weeks ago:
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Well, you can do

cd my_module
echo "obj-m := my_module.o" > Makefile
vi my_module.c
make -C <path/to/kernel/src> SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
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Let me know if this solves the problem,

	Sam