: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:35:21 -0500
: From: Tim Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
: Marco,
:
: I tried to install your RPM onto Red Hat Linux 6.0.
: [...]
:
: Here is the error I received:
: [root@gateway misc]# modprobe ftape
: /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/ftape.o: kernel-module version mismatch
: /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/ftape.o was compiled for kernel
: version 2.0.5
: while this kernel is version 2.2.5-15.
You can't use old modules with a new kernel or vice versa. That can't
work since modules uses internal kernel structures and methods that
have to match. You must recompile the modules, with /usr/src/linux
pointing to the currently running kernel. You should also make sure
to use the same compiler as for the kernel.
: Do you have any suggestions? I have tried loading the tarred version
: and cannot get pass the make command.
Download the latest ftape from the unstable directory and compile the
modules yourself. You find it at
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable
Make sure /usr/src/linux points to the source of the currently running
kernel and that the kernel has been configured.
: Will there be a new version of ftape coming out for the 2.2.5-15 kernel
: anytime soon?
That depends on, if somebody volunteers to make such a package.
But there is currently not even a ``stable'' version that compiles
against the new 2.2 kernels (but the development version is reported
to be quite stable).
Jochen
