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

[Ben Pfaff]

You need to find the correct Linux kernel headers that match your
running kernel, and then build against those.  If you do that, then
the kernel module will load and work correctly.

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 07:39:23PM +0200, Daniel Philip wrote:
> Thanks. Can you also please tell me what should I be doing further?
> 
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 07:32:28PM +0200, Daniel Philip wrote:
> > > root at openflow:/home/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
> > >
> > > root at openflow:/home/openflow/openvswitch-1.1.0pre2# /sbin/modinfo
> > > datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko
> > > filename:       datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko
> > > license:        GPL
> > > description:    Open vSwitch switching datapath
> > > srcversion:     CE4DC93BDC62C0F17C1636B
> > > depends:
> > > vermagic:       2.6.32-28-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
> >
> > The different srcversion lines mean that the configuration being built
> > against differs from the running kernel in some way.
> >