Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:58:48 -0300 (EST) | From | kiko <> | Subject | Re: Basic modules and System.map question |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Eric Hicks wrote:
> Where on the net can I find a detailed explanation of modules, and how to > set them up properly when I compile a new kernel. I'm tired of compiling
Hah - this isn't documented anywhere nicely, it seems. I looked for ages for a conf.modules guide but never found one, and then banged my head till I had one that worked with my hardware. I'll do a writeup of a basic guide, but not right now.
> all my drivers into the kernel. It seems like everything works fine when I > load the standard kernel that comes with a particular RH distro, but when I > upgrade the kernel, I get all kinds of messages. Specifically, where's a > resource I could use to set things up as tightly as RedHat does when they > ship a kernel version.
Tightly? Ugh, redhat. Well, you should have a look in your 'rc' files. One problem you might run into is that redhat (at least what I've seen) might not be running depmod -a (and ldconfig, but that another matter) on bootup.
You should have no problem, really, don't mind Redhat's nonsense, just make modules, modules_install and depmod -a. Then you can try modprobing stuff, and if it's working, move on to getting conf.modules ready for kmod.
k.
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