Adding module into existing kernel

[Alberto Ferrero]

Hi,

I see... thanks for the info. I'm curious, then, how did these modules get 
made?

Albert


>From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: For 
>users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com> To: For users of 
>Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com> Subject: Re: Adding module 
>into existing kernel Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:51:19 +0200
>
>Am Mo, den 21.06.2004 schrieb Alberto Ferrero um 23:37:
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> > I'm using Fedora Core 2 and I end up getting a small problem when I > 
>try to add ntfs module to let fc2 read ntfs partitions. When I compile > 
>the kernel, compile the module, and load the custom kernel I am able > to 
>mount the partition. However, if I load the stock kernel I am > unable to 
>mount the partition because it says that the ntfs.ko module > cannot be 
>found. If I do modprobe or insmod to load the ntfs.ko file > from the 
>custom kernel I get a "Invalid module format" error. > Shouldn't I be able 
>to load the module? Am I missing something? I > would appreciate any help. 
> > > Thanks, > euix
>
>The module fits only 1 specific kernel. If you build your own custom 
>kernel, then it only fits that kernel and not i.e. the Fedora shipped 
>kernel. Run a "locate ntfs.ko" and you will see that the module is only in 
>1 kernel modules directory, the one for your custom kernel.
>
>You may use the NTFS modules from
>
>http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/downloads.html
>
>and you won't need to compile your own kernel to get NTFS support.
>
>Alexander
>
>
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