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DISCUSSION J.A. Magallon 2 participants 3 messages Jun 12, 2004

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Hi all...

First of all, I'm aware of the 'ask the vendor' answer. I just would like the reasons.

With gcc-3.4.1 cvs, the nvidia module is miscompiled or something. The same sources that build and install with gcc-3.3, now build and give me this:

werewolf:~# modinfo nvidia
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.7-rc3-jam1/video/nvidia.ko
license:        NVIDIA
werewolf:~# modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.7-rc3-jam1/video/nvidia.ko): Invalid module format

syslog:

Jun 12 02:35:44 werewolf kernel: No module found in object
werewolf:~# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.7-rc3-jam1 ([email protected]) (gcc version 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Cooker) 3.4.1-0.2mdk)) #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 01:49:52 CEST 2004

Any idea ?

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J.A. Magallon ,

Grab the latest offical nvidia driver 5336 , then patch it with the patch aviable from http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html ( there patch allows the nvidia driver to compile and work under gcc 3.4 ).

You also may want to make sure your using the latest module-init-tools.

Matt H.

Quoted 25 lines · J.A. Magallon

Hi all...

First of all, I'm aware of the 'ask the vendor' answer. I just would like the reasons.

With gcc-3.4.1 cvs, the nvidia module is miscompiled or something. The same sources that build and install with gcc-3.3, now build and give me this:

werewolf:~# modinfo nvidia
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.7-rc3-jam1/video/nvidia.ko
license:        NVIDIA
werewolf:~# modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
(/lib/modules/2.6.7-rc3-jam1/video/nvidia.ko): Invalid module format

syslog:

Jun 12 02:35:44 werewolf kernel: No module found in object
werewolf:~# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.7-rc3-jam1 ([email protected]) (gcc version 3.4.1
(Mandrakelinux (Cooker) 3.4.1-0.2mdk)) #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 01:49:52 CEST 2004

Any idea ?

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Quoted 6 lines · Matt H.

J.A. Magallon ,

Grab the latest offical nvidia driver 5336 , then patch it with the patch aviable from http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html ( there patch allows the nvidia driver to compile and work under gcc 3.4 ).

I've got that patches ;).
I think the problem is gcc-3.4.1.

Why can a module give that error ? Any header info, some MODULE_INFO, what ?

werewolf:~> rpm -q module-init-tools module-init-tools-3.0-2mdk

TIA

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