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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10041452/building-kernel-module-for-android I need to add the FTDI USB module to the Android kernel (Android 2.3.1, Linux 2.6.32), so I got the 2.6.32 kernel and tried to build the module: make modules ARCH = arm CROSS_COMPILE = arm - none - eabi - But when I tried to do 'insmod ftdi_sio.ko', the error message was insmod : init_module 'ftdi_sio.ko' failed ( Exec format error ) In dmesg's output I found this ftdi_sio : version magic '2.6.32.27 preempt mod_unload ARMv5 ' should be '2.6.32.27 preempt mod_unload ARMv7 '    answer : Try setting up CONFIG_CPU_V7=y in your kernel .config file in linux / android 1. insmod ftdi_sio.ko 2. dmesg ( error message view )

http://www.tim.id.au/blog/2009/09/03/solved-bluebirds-installer-on-lg-gh22ns50-dvd-rw/ Solved: “Bluebirds” installer on LG GH22NS50 DVD-RW This is the LG GH22NS50. We’ve started stocking these at work – just the next low-cost SATA burner option for us. Except it comes with a nasty surprise, and that surprise is Bluebirds. It’s some kind of drag-to-disc software included with the drive. Not on a CD, of course; it’s hacked into the drive’s firmware, and shows up when there’s no disc in the drive at all. Which means that every time you close the tray with nothing in it, you get prompted to install it, thanks to Windows helpfully autorunning it. It’s not really a malicious program. It just sits in your system tray until you close it or uninstall it (Control Panel -> Add/remove programs, in XP). It’s probably even helpful, for the few people who let it sit around long enough to find out. I haven’t seen anyone do that yet. Way to go, LG; not only does your drive automatically try to...