Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > > It's a homebrew module from "Linux Device Drivers 2nd Edition" > > Here is the source for the module: > > #define MODULE > #include <linux/module.h> > > int init_module(void) { printk("<1>Hello, world\n"); return 0; } > void cleanup_module(void) { printk("<1>Goodbye cruel world\n"); } > > > - compiled with gcc version 2.96 on Red Hat 7.1 with the 2.4.19 > kernel. > > This is how I compiled and tried executing: > > > 1) gcc -c hello.c > 2) insmod hello.o > > - Jamie > The problem is the headers your compiling against. In your /usr/include directory your linux and asm directories are most likely from a 2.4.2-2 kernel. So when you compile it you get the wrong version info. you can change the include to be #include "linux/module.h" and and a -I/path/to/linux/src/include to you gcc line Eric