# RE: Frustrated question with insmod

- From: Sugathan, Rupesh \<hidden\>
- Date: 2008-02-19 18:04:51 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/02/9436331
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/02/9436331/t.md

```text

> Bruce_Leonard@selinc.com wrote:
> > Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this question.  I'm
developing a=20
> > NAND flash driver and I need to do some detailed dubugging using GDB
with=20
> > a BDI2K.  According to the Denx web site, to find out the address=20
> > that
the=20
> > module is loading at you load it using the -m parameter to insmod
(i.e.,=20
> > "insmod -m mymodule").  However, every version of insmod I've tried=20
> > doesn't recognize ANY options much less -m.  Can anyone please point
me in=20
> > the right direction, or give me another way of knowing what the load

> > address of my module is?
>=20
> # cat /sys/module/<name>/sections/.text
>=20
> Do not forget to enable CONFIG_KALLSYMS.

Although this may not solve your problem, I once had to build insmod
with CONFIG_FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP (this is not enabled by default)
option in its configuration to enable the -m option.

Thanks
..
Rupesh Sugathan
```