Re: Installation of atl1 kernel module

You need to have the appropriate kernel module package. On Ubuntu its a snap - search for something like
"kernel-devel-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i586" - needless to say change the version number and platform accordingly.

You should be able to build the correct module appropriately.

-Sandeep

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:24 AM, grey271 <grey271@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

thanks - this helped me get a bit further. I hadn't actually tried to load the
module on ubuntu, but when I did it worked OK.

dmesg was more informative:

atl1: version magic '2.6.24-21-generic SMP mod_unload 586 ' should be
'2.6.24.2-slitazSMP mod_unload 386 '

This was the same with the module I compiled from sources and with the one
that ships with ubuntu.

So then I did a modprobe -force, which also didn't work:

atl1: no version magic, tainting kernel.
atl1: Unknown symbol pci_disable_msi
atl1: Unknown symbol pv_irq_ops
atl1: Unknown symbol pci_enable_msi

Does that mean that I need to find a distribution with a vanilla i386 2.6.24
kernel?

Grey

> Two things:
> 1. Check dmesg just after you attempt loading
>
> I already hope you have tried loading it on the ubuntu machine.
>
> Usually this happens if u have a 64-bit or i686 installation on one and an
> i386 installation on the other.
>
> regards
> Sandeep
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:38 PM, grey271 <grey271@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the slitaz kernel doesn't contain the driver for my built-in LAN
> > controller (the Attansic L1). So this is what I tried:
> >
> > - download atl1 standalone driver for kernel 2.6.24
> > - compile on ubuntu 8.04 32-bit version (kernel 2.6.24-21-generic)
> > - make -n install to see where the driver should go
> > result: install -D -m 644 atl1.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-
> > generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1/atl1.ko
> > - gzip atl1.ko
> > - boot slitaz from CD
> > - mount ubuntu, cp atl1.ko.gz .
> > - install -m 644 atl1.ko.gz /lib/modules/2.6.24.2-
> > slitaz/kernel/drivers/net/atl1.ko.gz
> > - depmod -a
> > - modprobe atl1
> > result: FATAL: Error inserting atl1 (/lib/modules/2.6.24.2-
> > slitaz/kernel/drivers/net/atl1.ko.gz): Invalid module format
> >
> > Actually the above was the second plan. The first was to copy the sources
> > and
> > compile them on slitaz, but that didn't work b/c make and gcc don't exist
> > on
> > slitaz. Which is fair enough given slitaz's space constraint.
> >
> > Questions:
> > - was it a good plan badly executed, or was it just a bad plan ?
> > - where did I go wrong ?
> > - how can I install the atl1.ko kernel module in slitaz ?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated,
> >
> > Grey
> >
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