Re: Installation of atl1 kernel module

[grey271 <grey271@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

sorry, but I think this is beyond me. Time to call it a day - thanks for all 
your help.

Grey

> 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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> >
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