[ovs-discuss] openvswitch_mod: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout

[Ben Pfaff]

I want you to run modinfo on the same file you ran insmod on.

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 06:07:41PM +0200, Daniel Philip wrote:
> Sorry Ben, I don't get you.
> 
> when I type, $/sbin/modinfo, I don't see anything.  I followed the same
> exact steps:
> 
> $ wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.1.0pre2.tar.gz
>  $ tar zxvf openvswitch-1.1.0pre2.tar.gz
>  $ cd  openvswitch-1.1.0pre2
> 
> Step2. Compile
> 
> 
>  $ ./boot.sh
>  $ ./configure --with-l26=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
>  $ make
> 
> Step3. Run OpenFlow switchInsert OpenFlow kernel module, openvswitch_mod.ko.
> 
> 
>  $ su -
>  # /sbin/insmod ./datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > It's the same file you passed to insmod.
> >
> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 06:00:08PM +0200, Daniel Philip wrote:
> > > Hi Ben,
> > >
> > > Thanks for replying. I tried % /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/`uname
> > > -r`/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko and obtained the following
> > >
> > > openflow at openflow:~/openvswitch-1.1.0pre2$ /sbin/modinfo
> > > /lib/modules/2.6.32-28-generic/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
> > > filename:
> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-28-generic/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
> > > version:        2.3
> > > license:        GPL
> > > srcversion:     7F81763D8FF0740B7DEF245
> > > depends:        stp
> > > vermagic:       2.6.32-28-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
> > >
> > >
> > > But, I could not find openvswitch_mod.ko under /sbin/modinfo.
> > >
> > > Could you please assist ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:46:15PM +0200, Daniel Philip wrote:
> > > > > I get the following message when I try to run openvswitch using
> > > > "/sbin/insmod
> > > > > ./datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko"
> > > > >
> > > > > insmod: error inserting './datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko': -1
> > > > > Operation not permitted
> > > > >
> > > > > Hence, I tried dmesg | test and it shows the following message:
> > > > >
> > > > > openvswitch_mod: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
> > > > >
> > > > > Could anyone please let me know what should I be doing to avoid this?
> > > >
> > > > I imagine that you built against some kernel version other than the
> > > > one that is running.
> > > >
> > > > Run "modinfo" on openvswitch_mod.ko and on a module built for the
> > > > running kernel, e.g.:
> > > >
> > > > % /sbin/modinfo openvswitch_mod.ko
> > > > % /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
> > > >
> > > > Compare the "vermagic" lines output by the two commands.  If they
> > > > differ, then Open vSwitch was built for the wrong kernel.
> > > >
> >