On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 18:59, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> man insmod he say:-
>        -f, --force
>               Attempt  load  the  module  even  if  the version of the running
>               kernel and the version of the kernel for which  the  module  was
>               compiled  do  not match.  This only overrides the kernel version
>               check, it has no effect on symbol name checks.   If  the  symbol
>               names in the module do not match the kernel then there is no way
>               to force insmod to load the module.
> 
> It's a huge kludge, but it might work.

Tried it,
been there, done that, got the brain damage.
Doesn't work. I think there was some symbol/function name
incompatibility.

As I said I suspect more of the Redhat dodgey compiler type scenario.
RedHat is also known for tweaking the kernel with unpredictable results.




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