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On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:04, Sean wrote: |
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> Pawel Kraszewski wrote: |
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> > No. In this case you'd need new NVidia kernel driver each time kernel's |
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> > version changes. |
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> > |
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> > During installation NVidia's kernel module (in compiler's meaning - .o |
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> > file provided by NVidia) is linked against a freshly compiled stub |
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> > adopting it to running kernel and making kernel module (in kernel's |
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> > meaning - .ko file). |
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> > |
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> > If you compile kernel and kernel module (.ko) with different compilers, |
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> > you'll get 'invalid module format' and modprobe/insmod fails. |
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> |
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> Since my gcc upgrade all my modules fail on boot with an error of |
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> version magic '2.6.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-4.1' should be |
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> '2.6.16.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-3.4' |
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> |
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> However when I try to start the rebuild of my kernel it stops just after |
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> starting with the line |
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> 'if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F |
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> System.map 2.6.16-gentoo-r9; fi' |
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> |
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> any ideas on the cause? |
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You need to "make clean" before you "make". Backup your .config, not sure |
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how much cleaning "make clean" does. |
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