Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:39:22 -0200 | From | Rogerio Brito <> | Subject | Re: "invalid parameter parm_io" when trying to "modprobe -k sound" |
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On Nov 16 1999, Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:52:20 -0200, > Rogerio Brito <rbrito@iname.com> wrote: > > 1 - include the current alias defaults in the depmod manpage > > (I had to do strings /sbin/depmod to learn the defaults of > > some things). If you think this is not a very good idea > > (so you have to update the manpage all the time), could > > you please consider giving depmod a new command line > > option so that it dumps its current aliases/defaults so > > the user can see what they are); > > Already there, modprobe -c. You are looking at the wrong program. > depmod only builds the inter-module dependency list, modprobe reads > the options, load the modules and applies the options.
Well, I thought that since depmod constructed the list of dependecies, it would be a natural place for looking for the defaults... Silly me.
Oh, modprobe -c isn't precisely what I wanted. I wanted the factory defaults and modprobe -c actually gives me the factory defaults (possibly) overriden by the defaults that I've put in modules.conf.
I know, I know, I'm stupid (I'm the first to admit): I didn't have the idea of deleting modules.conf to see the defaults. So, since I was getting desperate, I used strings depmod. :-)
> > 2 - include a sample of a configuration that works (I don't > > know if the preferred thing here would be to include such > > configuration in the kernel docs or in the modutils docs > > or in both places). Here is what I'm using here at home > > now: > > modutils is a generic tool. It is up to each user of modutils to > specify the options required for their product. There should be > working examples for sound, ppp, isdn, serial, pcmcia etc., but > those have to be written by the authors of each component. This > documentation exists to some extent, search the linux/Documentation > subtree and all README files under linux/.
I think that I should now be wearing the brown bag now... Indeed you're right and this has nothing to do with modutils. I don't know what I was thinking about when I wrote the suggestion above. Perhaps that I was the result of being not thinking.
*BUT* (and here is my excuse) the documentation relating to my sound card wasn't in the Documentation subtree. That's why I had problems trying to upgrade from my older modutils to your new version. I made sure to read the documentation (even documents that are not directly connected to sound boards).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - vanessa:/usr/src/linux-2.3.28/Documentation# grep -r -l -i sound-slot * vanessa:/usr/src/linux-2.3.28/Documentation# grep -r -l -i sound-service * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
For instance, the kernel docs don't mention the problem people were having with sound-slot-0-1, for instance. I think that it would be very instructive if it was mentioned. It could save people some time and surfing the web. :-(
I could add this to the Documentation tree, if desired, but it would probably be best done by someone more knowledgeable...
Ok, since now I'm getting farther and farther away from the subject of modutils, I'm gonna stop. :-)
[]s, Roger...
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