TD 63: WinDriver Technical Documents — Technical Document #63

Technical Document #63 [Product Version: 6.2.2 and below]

When compiling the WinDriver module on Linux machine, I get the following error:
usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use
kernel-headers system headers, but headers from an appropriate kernel-source

There are two possible reasons for this error:

There is no Linux kernel source in the /usr/src directory.

To fix this:
- Download the exact kernel version you are working on from one of the mirrors (for example: http://www.linuxhq.com/, http://www.kernel.org) and run ' uname -a' to get the version of the running Linux kernel.


    

    You neglected to create a 'linux' symbolic link 
          (/usr/src/linux), or you created a symbolic link that is 
          pointing to the wrong Linux kernel version. 
          (For example, you are compiling for Linux  kernel 2.2 and the symbolic 
          link points to Linux kernel 2.4 source tree.)

         

         To fix this:

         Become super user: $su ;

         Change directory to: /usr/src/:
        # cd /usr/src/ ;

        Delete the previous link you created (if any):
       # rm linux ;

       And create a new symbolic:
      # ln -s linux-2.2 linux).




For further information, refer to the "Installation And Setup" chapter of the WinDriver User's Manual for your WinDriver version.


Beginning with version 6.2.3, WinDriver uses a different installation 
mechanism on Linux, which should prevent this error from occurring.



      
  
  
  

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