Re: what happened if kernel version is different from module build

Le 15/10/2017 16:00, wuzhouhui a écrit :

> Suppose I compile a kernel module in kernel 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64, but 
> I load it
> successfully in kernel 2.6.32-432.el6.x86_64. Can this module works 
> properly? Or
> whether it is harm to system?

In your case both kernels are 2.6.32, I there is probably only bugfixes 
between
these two kernels (the core kernel code shouldn't have changed), so I 
think it
*can* work properly, provided your module didn't rely on a bug fixed in 
the new
kernel.

Regards,

Hubert Chaumette
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