Messages in this thread |  | | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: modutils, the next generation | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:40:04 -0600 (CST) |
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> Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to see whether an object file actually is a > kernel module before you try to insmod it?
Out of curiosity, do you just have random modules floating around your filesystem? All of mine reside under /lib/modules.
Not that I have an unnatural objection to a semi-unique extension for modules, but I have yet to hear a convincing good reason to change.
Would you be satisfied with a program that would poke into the module and tell you things about it? On the queue is a little program that would display all the author, device, parameter, etc information stored in the module in some intelligable form. Such a program would also be able to tell you that a particular object file is not a module.
r~
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