Using a kernel module from old Linux kernel in a new Linux kernel

[Nils Kassube]

Rune Svendsen wrote:
> What I'd like to do, to determine if this is an issue with the driver
> for the ICE1724 chip, is use the driver module from Intrepid in
> Karmic. I've already copied this module from a running Intrepid Live
> CD, but when trying to replace this module with the one from Karmic
> (just replacing the file
> (/lib/modules/2.6.31-11-generic/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1724.
>ko with the one from Intrepid), I receive the following error:
>
>         snd_ice1724: no symbol version for module_layout
>
> So therefore I ask, is there a way to load an old kernel module into
> a new kernel?

No.

You could compile the new kernel from source and use the source of the 
module from the old kernel. However it may not work because often there 
are changes in other parts of the kernel which make it impossible to 
compile the older module source without modifications to the source 
code.

Another option would be to use the working kernel from Intrepid. OTOH 
that may be not what you would like to have if you have hardware that 
wasn't supported by the old kernel.


Nils