/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c may be outdated : kernel loading problem

Hello,

I have been working on Linux 2.4.20 for a couple of months and use a Davicom Semiconductor Ethernet network card driver known as dmfe.c for module dmfe.

I had no problem since here, but on Linux 2.6.0-i386-stable kernel is refusing to load the module :

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$ insmod dmfe.o
insmod: error inserting 'dmfe.o': -1 Invalid module format
$ lspci | grep Davicom
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller : Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 Mbit (rev 31)
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I tried to load the module by various ways : with old (for 2.4.20) and new (from 2.6.0 stable) compiled driver, but that didn't work. I quickly looked at the source code which seems quite old. I can't actually help you in having a deeper workaround because I don't yet have sufficient technical skills for that.

I'm working on a Debian Sarge testing prerelease.

Have fun in debug ;p

Regards,

Thadeum.

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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:41:17 +0100 "Silk Thadeum" <[email protected]> wrote:

| Hello,
| 
| I have been working on Linux 2.4.20 for a couple of months and use a Davicom 
| Semiconductor Ethernet network card driver known as dmfe.c for module dmfe.
| 
| I had no problem since here, but on Linux 2.6.0-i386-stable kernel is 
| refusing to load the module :
| 
| --
| $ insmod dmfe.o
| insmod: error inserting 'dmfe.o': -1 Invalid module format
| $ lspci | grep Davicom
| 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller : Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 
| Mbit (rev 31)
| --

In Linux 2.6.x, you load modules with names like 'dmfe.ko'. And be sure to use module-init-tools, not modutils.
The module-init-tools location is listed in the Documentation/Changes file.

| 
| I tried to load the module by various ways : with old (for 2.4.20) and new 
| (from 2.6.0 stable) compiled driver, but that didn't work. I quickly looked 
| at the source code which seems quite old. I can't actually help you in 
| having a deeper workaround because I don't yet have sufficient technical 
| skills for that.

Are you building the module for 2.6.x in the norm(al) way or using some homebrew commands or script?

| I'm working on a Debian Sarge testing prerelease.
| 
| Have fun in debug ;p

of course ;)

--
~Randy
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