Re: [SLUG] kqemu.ko "Invalid module format"

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2005 - 18:48:37 EST


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Doug Koobs wrote:

> I've compiled and installed the CVS snapshot of the qemu emulator, along
> with the kqemu kernel module. Everything compiled without incident.
> However, when I try to load the kqemu module, I get the error:
>
> FATAL: Error inserting kqemu (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-5-686/misc/kqemu.ko):
> Invalid module format
>
> From what I can google, this seems to indicate that the module was
> compiled against the wrong kernel sources. uname -r shows 2.6.8.1-5-686
> and the only sources I have are in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.8.1
>
> I installed the kernel source using synaptic (running Ubuntu Warty). Are
> these the wrong kernel sources? Do I need to find different kernel
> sources, and recompile the kqemu module?

"2.6.8.1" <> "2.6.8.1-i686", so you either need to recompile your kernel
with stock 2.6.8.1 sources (recommended), or recompile kqemu.ko against
Ubuntu-patched sources. If you're going to recompile the kernel, why not go
ahead and upgrade at the same time? It's no more work.

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