Hello
Larry (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I have a driver that expects to be loaded into kernel
> 2.4.18.
>
> I'm running kernel 2.4.18-i386, which should be
> compatable.
>
> The driver barfs and drops out because it sees this
> kernel label (somewhere) and decides it isn't 2.4.18.
insmod has a force option that can override version checking. Take a
look at the insmod man page for more information.
> Other than generating an entirely new kernel, is there
> a way to get this driver happy with this kernel?
> Like, rename the kernel somewhere?
Another way could be trying to recompile the driver module against the
kernel header package matching your image, but I don't know if this
works with all drivers (and if you have the driver source).
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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