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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Latest 4.9 kernels broken?
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2018 04:34:18
Message-Id: 20180609043400.agsbridm32beqbrk@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Latest 4.9 kernels broken? by Alexander Kapshuk
1 On 2018-06-08 22:38, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
2
3 > On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 22:30 Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 > > On 2018-06-08 22:00, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
6 > >
7 > > > What's the output of:
8 > > > uname -r
9 > > > strings /path/to/your/module.ko | grep vermagic=
10 > >
11 > > Here are the results for 4.9.105 (working):
12 > >
13 > > matica!6 ~$ uname -r
14 > > 4.9.105
15 > > matica!7 ~$ strings
16 > > /lib64/modules/4.9.105/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko |
17 > > fgrep -e 'vermagic='
18 > > vermagic=4.9.105 SMP
19 > >
20 > > Let me know if you need to see the ones for the broken kernel ...
21 > >
22 >
23 > Yes, we want to make sure the vermagic of the modules you're trying to load
24 > matches the output of uname -r of the running kernel.
25
26 Ok, here:
27
28 Script started on 2018-06-08 21:11:04-0700
29 matica!501 ~# ls -l /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko
30 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54280 Jun 8 20:57 /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko
31 matica!502 ~# uname -r
32 4.9.107
33 matica!503 ~# strings /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon
34 .ko | fgrep -e 'vermagic='
35 vermagic=4.9.107 SMP
36 matica!504 ~# modprobe fbcon
37 modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'fbcon': Exec format error
38 matica!505 ~# exit
39
40 Script done on 2018-06-08 21:14:46-0700
41
42 Sorry to ruin the low-hanging hypothesis :-P
43
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Latest 4.9 kernels broken? Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>