Re: [gentoo-user] wanrouter modprobe

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 07/03/2013 22:53, Daniel Frey wrote:
> On 03/07/2013 09:23 AM, Tamer Higazi wrote:
>> Hi people!
>> I have tried to install the latest release of wanpipe through the
>> freeswitch overlay, which I did so far successfully. Shortly I have
>> realised, that the "wanrouter" module is not loadable. When I try to
>> load it I get the following error:
>>
>> office / # modprobe wanrouter
>> modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wanrouter': Exec format error
>>
>>
>> What could it be?!
>>
> 
> It sounds like the kernel doesn't know how to run the binary. I don't
> have experience with this particular error, but maybe running
> 
> `file wanrouter.ko`
> 
> and checking to see what it says may be of help.
> 
> It should tell you what executable format it is using, then you'd need
> to cross-reference in the kernel .config to make sure you have support
> for that executable format compiled in.
> 
> Dan
> 

He should also check what dmesg says when modprobing the module, that
usually gives a clue.

An elementary Google search reveals that it's usually obvious things
like trying to load a module built for a different kernel version, or
trying to load a module that is not compatible with another one already
loaded.

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com