On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 11:59:45 +0100, Dr. wrote in message <201903041159.45367.dr.kl...@gmx.at>:
> Hi Aitor! > > Anno domini 2019 Mon, 4 Mar 10:21:09 +0100 > aitor_czr scripsit: > > Hi Nik, > > > > On 4/3/19 9:52, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <dr.kl...@gmx.at> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I am trying to build a patched thinkpad_acpi module for 4.19 > > > kernel (the patch removes the spaming error message from the > > > battery charge/discharge levels BCTG/BCSG on thinkpads > > > T60/T61/X61). I can build the module, but the creaded module > > > won't load. > > > > > > This is what I did to compile the modules: > > > > > > # aptitude install linux-source-4.19 > > > # cd /usr/src > > > # tar xJf linux-source-4.19.tar.xz > > > # cd linux-source-4.19/ > > > # cp /boot/config-4.19.0-2-amd64 .config > > > # make modules_prepare > > > # make modules > > > > > > This succeeds, but the created modules won't load: > > > > > > root@t61:/usr/src/linux-source-4.19# > > > insmod ./drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko insmod: ERROR: > > > could not insert module ./drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko: > > > Invalid module format root@t61:/usr/src/linux-source-4.19# > > > file ./drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko > > > ./drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko: > > > ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), > > > BuildID[sha1]=571675351aecfb803c56549d218d85d53f60b8d7, with > > > debug_info, not stripped > > > > > > Any idea what I missed? > > > > > > Nik > > > > Where can we find the sources of this patched module? Did you give > > a try to module assistant? > > It's just a patch for my laptop, nothing special. > > How should I use module-assistant? I thought it was just for > already-pprepared module packages, not arbitrary kernel modules? > > > Anyway, I finaly manged to build the patched module: > > # mkdir /usr/src/thinkpad_acpi > # cd /usr/src/thinkpad_acpi > # echo 'obj-$(CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI) += thinkpad_acpi.o' > Makefile > # cp ../thinkpad_acpi.c . > # make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r ) M=/usr/src/thinkpad_acpi > # insmod thinkpad_acpi.ko > # > > And it works, no more error spam im dmesg :-) ..you _could_ try provoke it with e.g. "modprobe -vr thinkpad_acpi.ko " and "modprobe -v thinkpad_acpi.ko " etc, insmod et al is not all that verbose. > > Nik > > > > > Aitor. > > > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
