[OT]? Module compile problems

[Rob Weir]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0700, Samuel Thurston, III said
> This may or may not belong here, if this isn't the right place to be
> asking, what is?
> 
> Ubuntu didn't configure my wireless card right.   Doesn't have the
> drivers. So I took my CNet wireless card out and swapped it with an
> standard intel pro100 model, hooked it up to my hub, and did an
> 'apt-get dist-upgrade', since it had been a week or two since i
> installed one of the warty previews.  I then downloaded the drivers
> for my wireless card (RT2400), and made sure i had all the tools and
> dependencies fulfilled.  I downloaded the source for the version of
> kernel I had, installed both debs packages for my wireless card driver
> and utility [http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/rt2400.html] and

Ignore the bit in this guide about the source, and instead install
linux-headers-$(uname -r).

> version magic '2.6.8.1-2-386 386 gcc-3.3' should be '2.6.8.1.-2-386
> preempt 386 gcc-3.3'
> FATAL:  Invalid module format
> 
> now granted, i still haven't put the CNet card back in the box, but i
> should most certainly not be getting a version magic conflict.  now I
> have two questions:
> 
> 1) if i --append-to-version "-2-386 preempt" will that do anything to
> solve my problem

No.

> 2) is the "invalide module format" a sign of something worse... like
> that i should not have accepted the defaults on all the kernel config
> stuff?

It's because you don't have preempt (CONFIG_PREEMPT) enabled in your
kernel, but the module was built against a tree with it enabled.

-rob

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