[CentOS-devel] snd_hda_intel module tweaking

Tue Apr 22 00:37:48 UTC 2014
Chris Pemberton <cjpembo at gmail.com>

On 4/21/2014 6:38 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote:
>
> On 04/21/2014 05:37 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote:
>> Long story short... I'm recompiling the snd_hda_intel module to 
>> enable CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG.  This will allow me to reset the pins 
>> on the card to get my sound working.  (This option is already set in 
>> arch and ubuntu - where I can reprogram my pins and get sound working).
>>
>> I followed the 2 CentOS wikis pertaining to getting the full kernel 
>> sources and compiling a module... all seemed to go perfect. 
>> Unfortunately, when I try to load the new snd_hda_intel.ko module, I 
>> get the following:
>>
>> FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel 
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64/extra/snd-hda-intel.ko): 
>> Invalid module format
>>
>> A little googling suggested I run 'file' on the two modules and here 
>> is the output:
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64/extra/snd-hda-intel.ko: ELF 
>> 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko: 
>> ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
>>
>> They seem identical?  Any suggestions where I could go from here? I'm 
>> currently recompiling the entire kernel and will just copy over the 
>> new modules and see if something better happens.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
> UPDATE:  I compiled the entire kernel and then just copied over the 
> needed snd modules into /lib/modules/.../extra
> Now I get this when I try to load the module:
>
> Module signed with unknown public key
> ksign: module signed with unknown public key
> - signature keyid: 3000b37e8a34083d ver=4
>
> Google suggests the following; neither worked:
>
> objcopy -R .note.module_sig snd-hda-intel.ko
>     or
> objcopy -R .module_sig snd-hda-intel.ko
>
> Any hints?
>
> Chris
2nd UPDATE:

Finally just installed the entire newly-compiled kernel, (reminded me of 
my old days with gentoo) with the only change being snd_hda_intel's 
CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG set.  Audio works great (Beats Audio).  Really 
wish I knew more about module signing so I could use the "stock" kernel".

I guess I'll probe further sometime with KMOD module compiling to see if 
it will somehow solve the signing issue.

Chris