insmod failing to insert a simple module

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> uname -a output :
>
> Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> And my modinfo of my module is :
>
> icense:        Dual BSD/GPL
> srcversion:     1D16256F51E63BC3632B65B
> depends:
> vermagic:       4.5.0-rc7+ SMP mod_unload modversions 686
>
>
> So both are machining, what could be the problem?
>
> Regards,
> Madhu
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Johannes Thoma <johannes at johannesthoma.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Type
>>
>> uname -a
>>
>> on the box where you try the insmod. If it says anything else than
>> 4.0.5-rc7+ for the kernel version then this is the reason why insmod fails.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Johannes
>
>
>
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They do not match.

'uname -a': says 4.5.0-rc7.

Whereas your original post said: 4.0.5_rc7+.