Thanks; one more question before I go experiment. If I've got
CONFIG_KMOD=y
in my .config file after configuring my kernel, how do I take advantage of
it? Documentation/kmod.txt says to use the following command to set the
path to modprobe:
echo "/sbin/modprobe" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
and the following crontab entry to remove unused modules.
0-59/5 * * * * /sbin/rmmod -a
If I do this, do I still need to list my modules in /etc/modules.autoload,
or will kmod handle everything correctly?
> Yeah, quite correct... been a while since I did two different .configs
> same source that I wanted to use.. :)
>
> --B
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> On Thu, 03/06/03 at 13:38:34 -0800, Doug Gorley wrote:
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> So, not only is this OK, but it's a good idea if I want to experiment
>> with different kernels from the same source, yes? Otherwise, if I
>> compiled two kernels from the vanilla-sources, wouldn't the modules
>> from the second clobber those from the first?
>>
>> > The kernel 'knows' it's name, and all packages that install kernel
>> modules also look at the same version that the kernel in
>> /usr/src/linux knows (/usr/src/linux/include/version.h (or something
>> of the sort)), so changing the name and recompiling works just fine
>> and dandy.
>> >
>> > --Brandon
>> >
>> > On Thu, 03/06/03 at 13:16:43 -0800, Doug Gorley wrote:
>> >> Good afternoon (PST) list,
>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to get a little more comfortable with kernel
>> configuration, and have just compiled a 2.4.20 kernel from the
>> vanilla-sources that uses modules wherever possible. Following the
>> Kernel HOWTO at http://www.tldp.org/, I changed my Makefile to read
>> >>
>> >> EXTRAVERSION = -Carnage_2003-03-06
>> >>
>> >> Now, what I've noticed is that in /lib/modules, I now have separate
>> directories called 2.4.20 and 2.4.20-Carnage_2003-03-06. Will the
>> new kernel automatically know that it's modules are in the
>> directory bearing it's name, or do I now have to somehow tell my
>> kernel where to look?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
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