[ixp1200] unable to generate vera.o loadable module

Rayashish at aol.com Rayashish at aol.com
Mon Mar 11 23:02:02 EST 2002


Hello,

I got the following error when I tried to generate the vera.o loadable kernel module. I wan unable to build the module against the currently running kernel.

[root at x130-65-157-198 driver]# make nodes
Updating dependency makefile kpci_util.d from kpci_util.c
In file included from /usr/include/linux/module.h:21,
                 from kpci_util.c:21:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2: #error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar) to
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2: #error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2: #error to build against the currently-running kernel.
Updating dependency makefile drvVera.d from drvVera.c
In file included from /usr/include/linux/module.h:21,
                 from drvVera.c:59:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2: #error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar) to
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2: #error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2: #error to build against the currently-running kernel.
In file included from drvVera.c:70:
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate kernel-source package.
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2: #error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar) to
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2: #error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2: #error to build against the currently-running kernel.

Can anyone tell me how to build the module against the currently running kernel?

help!
-Ashish.




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