[ltp] Compiling thinkpad modules

[Roland Bitterli]

This sounds really strange. I don't want to be silly, but what is the 
output of 'uname -r' ?
Because I remember the time I was using lilo I spend hours trying to 
solve a problem when the solution would have been to run lilo so my new 
kernel would get loaded insted of the old one ;-)

Roland

Petr Simon wrote:
> Well,
> I loaded the 2.6.9, but it still generated 2.6.8 modules. Strange.
> I am still able to compile only 2.6.8, but that's ok. When I try to load 
> thinkpad modules, this happens:
> FATAL: Error inserting superio 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.8.acpi/thinkpad/superio.ko): Unknown error 1025
> Google gave no answers. How should I find what that means?
> Thanks
> Petr
> 
> Roland Bitterli wrote:
> 
>> Have you loaded the new kernel? Because I think thinkpad modules 
>> compiles for the kernel currently running (at least the gentoo ebuild 
>> does).
>>
>> Regards
>> Roland
>> Petr Simon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have now different problem when compiling the kernel 2.6.9. I 
>>> compile modules too, e.g. ipw2100 for wifi, slmodem and thinkpad. 
>>> Only thinkpad modules are generated for 2.6.8 instead of 2.6.9, why 
>>> is that, any idea? I have 2.6.8 sources too, but now my 
>>> /usr/src/linux points to 2.6.9. Somethink strange is happening.
>>> Thanks
>>> Petr
>>
>>
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