insmod error

[Madhu K]

Hi Alexander,

Thank you so much for your valuable reply.

yes, you are correct I have kernel-source in home directory and I did not
install modules.

To fix "out-of-tree" one, if I do make modules and modules_install will it
go off?

Thanks,
Madhu

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Alexander Kapshuk <
alexander.kapshuk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have built a kernel module against a 4.9.2 for arm board. while
> inserting
> > this kernel module I am getting below message which is high lighted in
> red
> > color what exactly mean loading out-of-tree module. what could be the
> > possible reason to get this message?
> >
> > Please help me out to understand below message mean.
> >
> > ubuntu at ubuntu-armhf:/home/Madhu/i2c$ dmesg
> > [  704.283100] i2c_client: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
> > [  704.285359] driver initialization
> > [  704.285693] inside probe function
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Madhu
> >
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>
> An 'out-of-tree' message does not indicate an error. It is informing
> you that the module being loaded is not a part of the kernel source
> tree, but an 'out-of-tree' one, i.e. your custom module whose source
> code resides say in your home directory.
>
> To verify your module has been loaded successfully, run 'lsmod | grep
> your_module_name' after loading it with 'insmod'.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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