insmod: can't insert 'lime-xxx.ko': invalid parameter about lime HOT 4 CLOSED

Try running insmod without the quotes around the parameters. Different
versions of insmod behave differently in this manner.
On Jan 18, 2015 5:41 AM, "richud" [email protected] wrote:

Hi,
I am cross compiling on MIPS, it built ok, but insmod says 'invalid
parameter' (busybox insmod)

/tmp # insmod /tmp/lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko "path=/tmp format=raw"
insmod: can't insert '/tmp/lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko': invalid parameter

This was build (I didn't remove my current kernel var bit in Makefile
hence odd name)

rich@PORTEGER830:/tmp/LiME-master/src$ make ARCH=mips
CROSS_COMPILE=mips-linux- CC=mips-linux-gcc
make -C
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux
M=/tmp/LiME-master/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux'
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/tcp.o
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/disk.o
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/main.o
LD [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux'
mips-linux-strip --strip-unneeded lime.ko
mv lime.ko lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko

$ file lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko
lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko: ELF 32-bit MSB relocatable, MIPS, MIPS32
version 1 (SYSV), not stripped

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Also the path parameter should be a file name not a directory. So
path=/tmp/dump.dd
On Jan 18, 2015 5:41 AM, "richud" [email protected] wrote:

Hi,
I am cross compiling on MIPS, it built ok, but insmod says 'invalid
parameter' (busybox insmod)

/tmp # insmod /tmp/lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko "path=/tmp format=raw"
insmod: can't insert '/tmp/lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko': invalid parameter

This was build (I didn't remove my current kernel var bit in Makefile
hence odd name)

rich@PORTEGER830:/tmp/LiME-master/src$ make ARCH=mips
CROSS_COMPILE=mips-linux- CC=mips-linux-gcc
make -C
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux
M=/tmp/LiME-master/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux'
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/tcp.o
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/disk.o
CC [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/main.o
LD [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/LiME-master/src/lime.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory
/media/rich/WD320/DGND3700_V1.0.0.17_1.0.17_src_full/DGND3700/kernel/linux'
mips-linux-strip --strip-unneeded lime.ko
mv lime.ko lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko

$ file lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko
lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko: ELF 32-bit MSB relocatable, MIPS, MIPS32
version 1 (SYSV), not stripped

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Closing this since it appears to be user error.

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Yep you are right - thought I had tried with a file name, with and without quotes and everything in between, I obviously hadn't!

insmod /tmp/lime-3.16.0-29-generic.ko path=/media/Seagate500/dump.dd format=raw

Just to confirm the above worked for me with BB insmod, MIPS architecture, uClibc.

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