I'm trying to cross compile a helloworld kernel module with specifications:
- host: intel x86 32 bit, linux-3.0.0
- target: ARM machine (Parrot AR.Drone), linux-2.6.27.47
I'm using the makefile:
PWD := $(shell pwd)
obj-m := test.o
all:
$(MAKE) -C /path/to/kernel M=$(PWD) CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm modules
Where arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
is the prefix of the arm toolchain.
As kernel, I tried using a clone from git://github.com/CyanogenMod/cm-kernel.git
as kernel. This is a 2.6 kernel fork. Using this kernel, compilation was successfull. When trying to insert the module, it gives the error:
invalid module format
Which, sadly, says very little.
Thanks to the hint of Eugene to use dmesg
, I found the error:
version magic '2.6.37.6 mod_unload modversions ARMv5 ' should be '2.6.27.47-parrot preempt mod_unload ARMv5 '
Conclusion: when compiling a kernel module, not only versions need to match, but also some config-parameters. My problem was solved by using the right version and editing the configuration.
If you don't want to reconfigure everything, a quick (ugly) fix is to edit include/generated/autoconf.h
my ugly fix is modifing script file
"scripts/setlocalversion"
170 if test "${LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
171 scm=$(scm_version --short)
172 # res="$res${scm:++}"
173 res="${res}"
174 fi
Hi, everyone.. I did found simple soulution.
just modify envirionment vairable
export LOCALVERSION=
that's all