Why am I getting message "FATAL: Error inserting igb (/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5xen/kernel/drivers/net/igb/igb.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)"

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Issue

  • Why am I getting the following error messages while inserting igb driver kernel module.
# modprobe igb
FATAL: Error inserting igb (/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5xen/kernel/drivers/net/igb/igb.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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