<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>hello friends i am trying to load kernel module on ubuntu installed on vmware.<br>module is as follows<div><br></div><div><div>#include<linux/init.h></div><div>#include<linux/module.h></div><div>MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");</div><div><br></div><div>static int start(void)</div><div>{</div><div>printk("<1> shiv");</div><div>return 0;</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>static void end(void)</div><div>{</div><div>printk("<1> END OF MODULE");</div><div><br></div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>module_init(start);</div><div>module_exit(end);</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>and my Makefile is</div><div><br></div><div><div>obj-m += module.o</div><div><br></div><div>all:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules</div><div>clean:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>when i load this module on ubuntu installed on vmwarer using insmod utility it shows error invalid parameters</div><div>n when i load this module on ubuntu installed on hard disk every thing happened fine.<span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">i used insmod command as follows</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">insmod ./module.ko</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">due to some reasons i can not install ubuntu on my hard disk</span></div><div>pls help me ...</div> </div></body> </html>