I 'm running Angstrom Linux (3.0.7) on embedded device BeagleBoard-xM. I want to load a module (downloaded from here) and copied into: /lib/modules/3.0.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/8192cu.ko on the BeagleBoard-xM SD card file system.
However, loading the module fails:
root@beagleboard:/# modprobe 8192cu
FATAL: Module 8192cu not found.
Any ideas?
Did you run depmod? This is something make modules_install does automatically for you, but if you copy a module into /lib/modules this way, you will need to do that manually. See man depmod for more information.
I am not sure if depmod will report the presence of incompatible modules.
You can also use an explicit path with insmod, which will at least test if the module can be loaded.
> insmod /lib/modules/3.0.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/8192cu.ko
> lsmod | grep 8192cu
If the module has dependencies, they won't be loaded, which is why depmod and modprobe make things more convenient. Note the kernel will reject modules that do not match its version. There is, however, a configuration option to disable this safety feature.
depmod, modprobe 8192cu fails with: [ 4038.569152] 8192cu: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout FATAL: Error inserting 8192cu (/lib/modules/3.0.7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/8192cu.ko): Invalid module format. Module is supposed to work with 3.0.7 kernel. Is there any way I can resolve this?