Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:35:49 -0800 (PST) | From | peter360 <> | Subject | Re: which .ko file? |
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thanks for the quick reply. You are right. I did what you suggested, and rebooted the computer, now 'lsmod | grep 3945' is not showing anything.
gshan wrote: > > peter360 wrote: >> Hi, >> >> How do I determine the .ko file used for a certain kernel module in a >> running kernel? For example, on my dell laptop I see >> $ lsmod | grep 3945 >> ipw3945 230952 1 >> ieee80211 65161 1 ipw3945 >> >> $ modinfo ipw3945 >> modinfo: could not open /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.1.el5/extra/ipw3945.ko: >> No >> such file or directory >> >> $ locate ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-52.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-52.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945/ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.4.el5/extra/ipw3945/ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.1.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945/ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.10.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945.ko >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.10.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945/ipw3945.ko >> >> $ uname -a >> Linux mylaptop 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 22 09:01:47 EDT 2008 >> x86_64 >> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> How do I find out which ipw3945.ko file was actually loaded into the >> kernel? >> thanks! >> > I think it's > /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.1.el5/weak-updates/ipw3945/ipw3945.ko, which > matches your kernel version, right? You could remove it to another > directory instead > of current used /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.1.el5/, then try "lsmod | grep > 3495". If you > still could see it, then my guess is wrong. Otherwise, I'm correct. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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