Re: [gentoo-user] wanrouter modprobe

[Alan McKinnon]

On 08/03/2013 13:52, Tamer Higazi wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> insmod wanrouter.ko tells me in dmesg:
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> wanrouter: exports duplicate symbol register_wan_device (owned by kernel)


It means your module is buggy and you can't use it.


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> what does this message mean here ???
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> Tamer
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> Am 07.03.2013 21:57, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
>> On 07/03/2013 22:53, Daniel Frey wrote:
>>> On 03/07/2013 09:23 AM, Tamer Higazi wrote:
>>>> Hi people!
>>>> I have tried to install the latest release of wanpipe through the
>>>> freeswitch overlay, which I did so far successfully. Shortly I have
>>>> realised, that the "wanrouter" module is not loadable. When I try to
>>>> load it I get the following error:
>>>>
>>>> office / # modprobe wanrouter
>>>> modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wanrouter': Exec format error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What could it be?!
>>>>
>>>
>>> It sounds like the kernel doesn't know how to run the binary. I don't
>>> have experience with this particular error, but maybe running
>>>
>>> `file wanrouter.ko`
>>>
>>> and checking to see what it says may be of help.
>>>
>>> It should tell you what executable format it is using, then you'd need
>>> to cross-reference in the kernel .config to make sure you have support
>>> for that executable format compiled in.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>
>> He should also check what dmesg says when modprobing the module, that
>> usually gives a clue.
>>
>> An elementary Google search reveals that it's usually obvious things
>> like trying to load a module built for a different kernel version, or
>> trying to load a module that is not compatible with another one already
>> loaded.
>>
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