Hi, I get the following error while compiling my very basic kernel Module (a hello world module) * //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* make -C /home/arun/Dev/linux-stable M=/home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules modules make[1]: Entering directory `/home/arun/Dev/linux-stable' WARNING: Symbol version dump /home/arun/Dev/linux-stable/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. CC [M] /home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules/Hello_world.o /home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules/Hello_world.c:1:0: error: code model 'kernel' not supported in the 32 bit mode /home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules/Hello_world.c:1:0: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in make[2]: *** [/home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules/Hello_world.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/home/arun/Dev/practice/Kmodules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/arun/Dev/linux-stable' make: *** [all] Error 2 *//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* what could be the possible cause of this error? on my system *$uname -a* returns the following.. *Linux linux-xh55.site 3.4.6-2.10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 26 09:36:26 UTC 2012 (641c197) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux*