NSS modules reporting they are compiled for older kernel

Symptoms:

While looking through the /var/log/boot.log and /var/log/messages files to troubleshoot a memory issue, 
there were several reported entries stating the NSS kernel modules were compiled for an older version of the kernel. 

Extract from /var/log/messages when loading the NSS modules:

May 27 14:29:49 server03 nss: Starting Novell Storage Services (NSS)
May 27 14:29:49 server03 nss: Start up eDir and LUM
May 27 14:29:50 server03 nss: Start up NSS modules
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nwraid: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: admindrv: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: libnss: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: libnss loaded
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: linuxmpk: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nsslnxlib: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nsslnxlib loading...
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nsslibrary: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: library loaded
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nsslnxlib: no version for "mpkPageAlloc" found: kernel tainted.
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: nss: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: ndpmod: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:50 server03 kernel: Module ndpmod installed
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: nsscomn: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: nsszlss: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: nssmanage: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: nsslsa: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: zapi: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: zapi loaded
May 27 14:29:52 server03 kernel: nebdrv: Loading module compiled for kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp into kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.39.3-smp
May 27 14:29:57 server03 nss: NSS started up

Changes:

Kernel updated from version 2.6.16.60-0.21, which is what is bundled with SLES10sp2

The NSS kernel modules and the kernel are not part of the same patch/release schedule. 
This behavior can be observed with any kernel module that does not ship as part of the SLES distribution.